奥萨马·梅洛里

　　2003年世锦赛400米混合泳第三名；

　　2005年世锦赛400米自由泳第三名，400米混合泳第三名；

　　2007年世锦赛400米自由泳亚军，800米自由泳冠军；

　　2008年奥运会1500米自由泳金牌，400米自由泳第五名。

　　2010年12月16日，2010年第十届国际泳联短池世界锦标赛男子200米自由泳项目中，突尼斯名将梅洛里以1分42秒02获得第三。

　　2010年12月17日，2010年第十届国际泳联短池世界锦标赛男子400米个人混合泳，突尼斯名将梅洛里以3分57秒40获得第2。

　　2010年12月18日，2010年第十届国际泳联短池世界锦标赛男子400米自由泳，突尼斯名将梅洛里以3分38秒17获得第3。

　　2010年12月20日，在阿联酋迪拜举办的2010年第10届短池世锦赛，以14分24秒16的成绩获得男子1500米自由泳冠军。

　　2011年4月10日，2010-2011赛季美国游泳大奖赛第五站--密歇根站，以2分15秒36的成绩获得男子200米蛙泳金牌。

Nickname

　　Ous. ( 30 Nov 2010)

　　Occupation

　　Athlete, Coach

　　Education

　　Computer Engineering, Computer Science - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

　　Club name

　　Trojan Swim Club, Los Angeles, CA, USA

　　Coach

　　Dave Salo (30 Nov 2010)

　　Injuries

　　He had to deal with a double slipped disk in the build up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (FINA Aquatics World Magazine, Mar 2010)

　　Additional information

　　Start of sporting career

　　He used to go swimming at a local pool in La Marsa. (,01 Jul 2011)

　　Ambitions

　　To win another Olympic gold at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. (12 August 2009)

　　Training

　　He trains for four hours a day. ( 12 August 2009)

　　Superstitions / Rituals

　　He reads the Koran before competing. ( 12 August 2009)

　　He slows down in the penultimate 100m to save energy and attack in the final 50m. (17 Aug 2008)

　　Awards

　　He won the first Arab gold medal in the finals of the 1500m freestyle at the Beijing Olympic Games.

　　He was named Tunisian Sportsperson of the Year in 2003 and 2004. (,30 Nov 2010)

　　General

　　BANNED FOR DRUGS

　　On 30 Nov 2006 he took part in a swimming meet in Indianapolis, USA. Doping control revealed the presence of amphetamines and he admitted taking an Adderall pill 2 days prior to the event to prevent himself from falling asleep while writing a report that counted towards his final university diploma. The disciplinary commission of the Tunisian Swimming Federation [FTN] concluded that the swimmer had not taken the drug to enhance his swimming performance and sanctioned him with a reprimand and warning. On March 30 2007 FINA appealed the FTN’s decision requesting that a two year ban be placed on the swimmer. The Court for Arbitration of Sport [CAS] concluded that the case was one of negligence and he received an 18month suspension rather than the usual 24 months and was stripped of his competition results from the date of the incident. The 18 month suspension allowed him to compete at the Beijing Olympic Games where he won the 1500m freestyle.

　　(16 Aug 2008; Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS], 30 Nov 2010)

　　Previous Olympics

　　Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000