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{{Short description|Mauritanian swimmer (born 2002)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Camil Doua
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| nationality = Mauritanian
| birth_name = Camil Ould Doua
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|2|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bordeaux]], France
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'''Camil Ould Doua''' ({{Lang-ar|كامل ولد الدوه،}}; born 23 February 2002) is a [[Mauritania|Mauritanian]] competitive [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]]. He qualified to represent Mauritania at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].
==Biography==
Doua was born on 23 February 2002 in [[Bordeaux]], France;<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://tawassoul.net/node/30137|website=Tawassoul.net|title=السباح ولد الدوة يمثل موريتانيا في البطولة العالمية للسباحة بقطر|date=13 February 2024|language=Arabic|trans-title=Swimmer Ould Doua represents Mauritania in the World Swimming Championships in Qatar}}</ref> his father is from [[Mauritania]] and holds a position as an [[imam]] at a French mosque.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/swimming/camil-doua_prs687315/person.shtml|publisher=[[Eurosport]]|title=Camil Doua}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite news|url=https://archive.ph/VWuDr|newspaper=[[Sud Ouest (newspaper)|Sud Ouest]]|title=En route vers les JO. Natation : la folle quête de Camil Ould Doua, au nom de la Mauritanie|language=French|trans-title=On the way to the Olympics. Swimming: the crazy quest of Camil Ould Doua, on behalf of Mauritania|via=[[archive.ph]]|date=17 April 2024|author=Queuille, Marjorie}}</ref> The third of four children, he grew up in France and began swimming at age four or five.<ref
In 2020, Doua's club, Cercle des Nageurs de Talence, closed, and he stopped swimming for a time due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref
In an interview with ''[[Sud Ouest (newspaper)|Sud Ouest]]'', he described the state of swimming in Mauritania: "In Mauritania, there is only football. Swimming? There is no infrastructure, the only existing swimming pools are those in hotels."<ref
Doua qualified for the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in the 100m freestyle event and was named Mauritania's flagbearer.<ref
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[[Category:2002 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mauritanian sportsmen]]
[[Category:French male swimmers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bordeaux]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
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