Adam Maraana (Hebrew: אדם מראענה; born 7 July 2003) is an Arab-Israeli swimmer who has qualified to represent Israel in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
[9][10] Maraana said: "I am Israeli and come from a mixed city, and things like this happen when a Jew marries a Muslim woman and vice versa.
"[6][2][1] He served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), in the Israeli Navy, turning down an exemption from the draft as a member of the Arab community.
[6][2] His swim club is Maccabi Haifa, and he trains at Israel's Wingate Institute near Netanya, where his coach is Carmel Levitan.
[6][2][1]At the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival, Maraana won a bronze medal at 16 years old in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the 100m backstroke in a time of 56.63.
[3] At the 2020 Israeli Olympic Qualification Meet at the Wingate Institute, at 17 years old he won the gold medal in the backstroke as he swam a time of 55.64.
[15] At the 2021 Union Cup in Israel, at 18 years of age Maraana set a new Israeli junior record in the 100 back with a time of 55.07.
[14] In January 2024, at the 57th Challenge International de Geneve in Switzerland, Maraana won the gold medal in the 50 back, with a time of 25.65.
[18][19][20][3] In June 2024, at 20 years of age he won the 100 back gold medal at the Israeli Olympic Trials with a time in the preliminaries of 53.60 at the Wingate Institute.