Fatema Abdul Majeed Hameed Gerashi, (born 26 March 1986), is a Bahraini swimmer.
[1] She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, competing in the women's 50 metres freestyle race.
[2][3] She completed the race with a time of 51.15,[4] finishing more than twelve seconds ahead of Equatorial Guinea's Paula Barila Bolopa, but was disqualified, reportedly for having wobbled on the starting blocks, which was deemed a false start despite her not having been the first competitor to enter the water.
[5] The Daily Telegraph described her as "a pioneer for Arabian Muslim women in a sport where the disrobing of the performers creates religious and cultural problems.
"[6] Her participation was reportedly part of the Bahraini government's stated effort to promote "equality in sport".