| Ibrahim Al Hussein | |
| Country: | Greece |
| Sport: | Paralympic swimming |
| Event: | 50 m, 100 m freestyle[1] |
| Disability Class: | S9 |
Ibrahim Al Hussein (born 23 September 1988) is a Syrian Paralympic swimmer who represented the Independent Paralympic Athletes Team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and resides in Greece.[2]
He competed in the S9 50 m and 100 m freestyle events[1] and served as a flag bearer at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations. He is a co-recipient of the 2016 Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award.[3]
In June 2021, Ibrahim Al Hussein was chosen with four men and a woman to represent refugees at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. The six will be led by the Chef de Mission Ileana Rodriguez who was previously a parathlete swimmer for the US in 2012.[4] The other five are the Syrian refugee club thrower Alia Issa who also lives in Athens, the Burundian refugee Parfait Hakizimana, the American-based Afghan refugee swimmer Abbas Karimi, the German-based Syrian refugee canoeist Anas Al Khalifa, and American based Iranian refugee discus thrower Shahrad Nasajpour.[4]