Wael Koubrousli
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| Nationality | Lebanon | ||||||||
| Born | June 12, 1988 Beirut, Lebanon | ||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||
| Website | http://www.waelkobrosly.org | ||||||||
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| Country | Lebanon | ||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||
| Event | 100 m & 200 m breaststroke | ||||||||
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Wael Koubrousli / Kobrosly (born 12 June 1988) is a Lebanese/French swimmer who has competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, and the 2012 Olympic Games. Wael represented Lebanon in 7 World Championships from 2006 to 2013, at Shanghai, Melbourne, Manchester, Rome, UAE, Shanghai and Barcelona. He recorded more than 20 local swimming records, including in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke. At the 2007 Arab Games, he won the silver medal in the 100m breaststroke.
After his participation in the Beijing Olympics, Kobrosly earned a scholarship from Club Nautique Havrais, in Le Havre, France, to study for a master's degree of International Marketing from the "Universite Du Havre" in Le Havre city, where he trained under head coach Christos Paparrodopoulos, and swam alongside Olympic triple medalist, Hugues Duboscq.
He carried the Olympic torch at the Paris 2024 Olympics.