Paris Bound: Incoming Freshman Men's Swimmer Ilias El Fallaki Heads to the Olympics
El Fallaki will compete in the Men’s 400 Freestyle at this year’s Games in Paris
NJIT men's swimming and diving incoming freshman Ilias El Fallaki will represent Morocco at the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
El Fallaki, who will attend NJIT this fall in the Martin Tuchman School of Management, will compete in the men's 400m freestyle Saturday, July 27.
Hailing from Seville, Spain, El Fallaki made his international debut competing at the World Junior Championships in September 2023 in Israel and World Aquatic Championships in February 2024, where he set the Moroccan national record in 800m freestyle.
El Fallaki is a three-time 2024 African Championships finalist (400m freestyle - fourth, 200m butterfly - sixth, 200m freestyle - seventh).
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