Yazan Al-Bawwab OLY[1] (Arabic: يزن البواب; born 30 October 1999) is a Saudi-born Palestinian and Italian swimmer.
Al-Bawwab was born in Saudi Arabia to Palestinian parents with Italian citizenship, which they acquired after a long stay in the country: his father Rashad had moved to Genoa as a refugee and had graduated in engineering at the local university.
[2][3][4] Al-Bawwab lived in Ottawa, Canada, where he graduated in aerospace and mechanical engineering from Carleton University, and currently lives in the Netherlands, while pursuing a master's degree in international sports management at the University of London.
[10] As of 2023,[update] Al-Bawwab was an IOC Young Leader and a FISU ambassador for Canada; he is a member of the Palestine Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission and the founder of the Palestinian Olympians Association.
In late 2023, he launched the SwimHope Palestine project, aimed at providing young children in Palestinian refugee communities with basic swimming and life-saving skills.