Tala Abujbara
Personal information
NationalityQatari
Born (1992-07-22) 22 July 1992
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in) (1.78 m)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportRowing

Tala Abujbara (Arabic: تالا أبو جبارة; born 22 July 1992[1]) is a Qatari rower.[2] She competed in the women's single sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career

Tala Abujbara learned to row while studying at Williams College, where a coach saw her potential, and she joined the team.[4] Upon returning home to Qatar, she had nobody to pair with, so she switched to the single sculls.[4]

In August 2018, she qualified for Repechages and ranked sixth in Palembang women’s single sculls of rowing.[5] Abujbara also represented Qatar in the summer 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after reaching a time of 8:20 minutes at the Asia and Oceania Rowing Qualification Championship.[6]

In July 2021, Abujbara took first place in the semi-final race to qualify for the final of the Women’s Single Scull event at the Tokyo Olympics.[7]

Recognition

On 6 July 2021, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) announced that Tala Abujbara was appointed the first Qatari female athlete to represent Qatar in Rowing at the Olympic Games.[8][9][10]

On 22 July 2021, the QOC announced that Tala Abujbara, along with Mohammed Al-Rumaihi, would raise Qatar’s flag at the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. The first Olympics edition was where two athletes carried their country’s flag.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "World Rowing - Tala ABUJBARA". World Rowing. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Tala Abujbara". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rowing – Heat 5 Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Tokyo Olympics 2020: Qatar's sole female Olympic rower Tala Abujbara wants to put 'best foot forward' in Games". Firstpost. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Qatar's Ibrahim misses out on Asian Games wrestling bronze medal". The Peninsula. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Qatar athlete rows her way into 2020 Tokyo Olympics". Doha News. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Tala impresses in Tokyo as Elidrissi makes Games debut". The Peninsula. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Fifteen athletes to represent Qatar at Tokyo Olympic Games". Gulf Times. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "QOC launches 'We Are Team Qatar' campaign to support stars at Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Qatar Tribune. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "QOC launches 'We Are Team Qatar' campaign for Tokyo Olympics". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Tala Abu Jubara and Mohamed Al Rumaihi to raise Qatar's flags at Olympics Opening Ceremony". The Peninsula. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "In Qatar, the Olympic Team (Like Much Else) Is Mostly Imported". The New York Times. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.


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