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Oussama Mellouli

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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 drug ban, 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. Mellouli was the gold medalist in the 1500 freestyle at the 2008 Olympics, the bronze medalist in the 1500 freestyle at the 2012 Olympics, and the gold medalist in the 10 km marathon swim at the 2012 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Oussama Mellouli is the 257th most popular swimmer (down from 225th in 2024), the 142nd most popular biography from Tunisia (up from 146th in 2019) and the most popular Tunisian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Oussama Mellouli ranks 257 out of 709. Before him are Tim Shaw, Petra Schneider, Anne Ottenbrite, Susanne Nielsson, Silke Hörner, and Alex Baumann. After him are Beverley Whitfield, Jenny Thompson, Peter Evans, Donna de Varona, Ivar Stukolkin, and Károly Güttler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Oussama Mellouli ranks 397. Before him are Junior dos Santos, Konstantin Vassiljev, Mamdouh Elssbiay, Olga Rypakova, Marco Huck, and Yoo In-young. After him are Tayanna, Shogo Nakai, Cristian Săpunaru, Kaori Icho, Jin Akanishi, and Mario Ančić.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Oussama Mellouli ranks 142 out of 210. Before him are Riadh Bouazizi (1973), Adel Sellimi (1972), Jalel Kadri (1971), Jawhar Mnari (1976), Ziad Jaziri (1978), and Maya Jribi (1960). After him are Raouf Bouzaiene (1970), Kaies Ghodhbane (1976), Karim Haggui (1984), Mehdi Ben Slimane (1974), Khaled Badra (1973), and Skander Souayah (1972).

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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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