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Oussama Mellouli

1984 - Today

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Oussama "Ous" Mellouli (Arabic: أسامة الملولي; born 16 February 1984) is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He is a three-time Olympic medalist, is an African record holder, and trains with the USC Trojans team based at the University of Southern California, where he studied as a computer science undergraduate and swam collegiately. Since returning from an Adderall-related drugs ban, Oussama Mellouli was the 1500 m freestyle World champion at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships with a winning time of 14:37.28, then the second-best performance of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oussama Mellouli has received more than 253,976 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Oussama Mellouli is the 224th most popular swimmer (down from 106th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 113th in 2019) and the most popular Tunisian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Oussama Mellouli ranks 224 out of 709. Before him are Boy Charlton, Camille Muffat, Sergey Koplyakov, Judy Grinham, Pablo Morales, and Jon Henricks. After him are Keena Rothhammer, Janet Evans, Cathy Carr, Sandy Neilson, Sylvie Fréchette, and Kosuke Kitajima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Oussama Mellouli ranks 334. Before him are Nicolás Pareja, Jesús Dátolo, Sarah Roemer, Donald Thomas, Boško Janković, and Masoud Shojaei. After him are Rafik Djebbour, So Yi-hyun, Piret Järvis, Amelia Vega, Ashlee Simpson, and Jane Zhang.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Oussama Mellouli ranks 146 out of 210. Before him are Aymen Mathlouthi (1984), Mehdi Ben Slimane (1974), Skander Souayah (1972), Hend Sabry (1979), Emel Mathlouthi (1982), and Aymen Abdennour (1989). After him are Ali Maâloul (1990), Raouf Bouzaiene (1970), Khaled Badra (1973), Ferjani Sassi (1992), Yassine Chikhaoui (1986), and Selima Sfar (1977).

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Among SWIMMERS In Tunisia

Among swimmers born in Tunisia, Oussama Mellouli ranks 1. After him are Ahmed Hafnaoui (2002).

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