Hamza Hussein

Hamzah Hussein Jebur is an Iraqi rower. He and his rowing partner, Haider Nawzad, qualified for the men's double sculls event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing through a Tripartite Commission invitation. [cite web |title=Iraq rowers to compete in Beijing |publisher=International Rowing Federation |date=2008-07-31 |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324458 |accessdate=2008-07-31 ] They were last-minute qualifiers for the Beijing Games, obtaining a place when North Korea declined an invitation to send rowers, and the invitation was reallocated to Iraq. [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/01/content_8890480.htm "Iraqi athletes competing at Olympics double to four"] , Xinhua, August 1, 2008] They are two of only four competitors on the 2008 Iraqi Olympic team. Hussein and Nawzad train on the Tigris river in central Baghdad. [cite web |last=Muir |first=Jim |title=Iraqi athletes face Olympic ban |publisher=BBC |date=2008-06-12 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7450492.stm |accessdate=2008-07-31 ]

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