# Samar Nassar

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{{short description|Jordanian swimmer}}
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'''Samar Nassar''' (born 16 February 1978) is a swimmer from Jordan. She was born in Lebanon, and competed for Palestine at the [2000 Summer Olympics](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics), and for Jordan at the [2004 Summer Olympics](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics).<ref name=sref>{{cite web|title=Samar Nassar |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/samar-nassar-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111911/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/samar-nassar-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=3 August 2012}}</ref> She was the first woman to represent Palestine at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/99/manual |title=First female competitors at the Olympics by country |work=Olympedia |accessdate=26 June 2020}}</ref> Nassar was CEO of the [FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup](/source/FIFA_U-17_Women's_World_Cup) Local Organizing Committee that handled Jordan's hosting of the [2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup](/source/2016_FIFA_U-17_Women's_World_Cup).<ref>{{cite news|title=World Cup to boost Jordan's women's football pioneers|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaeworldcup/news/y=2015/m=12/news=world-cup-to-boost-jordan-s-women-s-football-pioneers-2744733.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174937/http://www.fifa.com/fifaeworldcup/news/y=2015/m=12/news=world-cup-to-boost-jordan-s-women-s-football-pioneers-2744733.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2018|accessdate=10 April 2018|publisher=FIFA|date=15 December 2015}}</ref>

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Category:1978 births
Category:Living people
Category:Palestinian female swimmers
Category:Jordanian female swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for Palestine
Category:Olympic swimmers for Jordan
Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic officials
Category:20th-century Palestinian sportswomen
Category:21st-century Palestinian sportswomen

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