{{short description|Bangladeshi swimmer}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Rubel Rana | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | caption = | fullname = Mohammed Rubel Rana | nicknames = | national_team = {{BAN}} | strokes = Backstroke | club = | coach = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|4|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Amla, Bangladesh | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Bangladesh}}}} {{MedalCompetition|South Asian Games}} {{MedalSilver|2004 Islamabad|200m individual medley}} {{MedalSilver|2006 Colombo|50m backstroke}} {{MedalBronze|2006 Colombo|200m individual medley}} {{MedalBronze|2010 Dhaka|200m individual medley}} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Mohammed Rubel Rana''' (born 2 April 1983) is a Bangladeshi swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Mohammed Rubel Rana|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/mohammed-rana-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010003/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/mohammed-rana-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 24 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Amanur Aman |date=2022-07-22 |title=Amla: A swimmers’ village without a swimming pool |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/more-sports/news/amla-swimmers-village-without-swimming-pool-3076916 |access-date=2026-05-11 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was one of the five athletes to represent Bangladesh at the 2008 Summer Olympics, rounding out the field of 45 swimmers in the men's 100 m backstroke.
Rana competed for Bangladesh in the men's 100 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.<ref name=rana-flagbearer>{{cite news|date=5 August 2008 |title=Rubel carries national flag in Beijing as Sharmin loses eligibility |work=bdnews24.com |url=http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=59020&cid=5 |access-date=24 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812053521/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=59020&cid=5 |archive-date=12 August 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Shara|last=Azad|title=Bangladesh in the Beijing Olympics|work=The Daily Star|location=Bangladesh|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/08/01/sf.htm|date=1 August 2008|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> Swimming on the outside in heat one, Rana closed out the field to last place with a lifetime best in 1:04.82, more than eight seconds away from the heat's fastest swimmer and 2004 Olympian Danil Bugakov of Uzbekistan. Rana failed to advance to the semifinals, as he rounded out the roster of 45 swimmers in the prelims.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming: Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 1 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM041900/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=24 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821032334/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM041900/index.html |archive-date=21 August 2012 }}</ref> Rana was also the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.<ref name=rana-flagbearer/>
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==External links== * {{Sports links}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120825060640/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=64630/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rana, Rubel}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Bangladeshi male swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers for Bangladesh Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Male backstroke swimmers Category:Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Category:Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Sportspeople from Dhaka Category:Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh Category:South Asian Games silver medalists for Bangladesh Category:South Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh Category:South Asian Games medalists in swimming Category:Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:People from Mirpur Upazila {{Bangladesh-swimming-bio-stub}}