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USM Alger Swimming Team

Basketball team in Algiers, Algeria

PresidentSaïd AllikHead coachAli MaansriChampionshipsAlgerian Championship

Active departments of Union Sportive Médina d'Alger


Football	Basketball	Boxing

Water Polo	Swimming	Cycling

Judo

Union sportive de la médina d'Alger (Swimming) (Arabic: الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر للسباحة), referred to as USM Alger SN for a short, is a swimming club based in Algiers, Algeria that played in the Algerian Swimming Championship is the best club in algeria the male category, and especially females.^[1]

History

USM Alger Swimming Team was founded in 1978 and is considered one of the strongest clubs in Algeria with GS Pétroliers, especially in the girls category, where it often controls its championships in all categories. On June 20, 2020, while training swimmer Manal Haboub died of a heart attack at the age of 17, while she was preparing to pass the baccalaureate exams.^[2]^[3] 48 hours after the death in the middle of training in the pool of the Mohamed Boudiaf complex, the swimming federation imposed a medical certificate of good health for any athlete who goes to training. An administrative measure which releases all responsibility of the clubs and the federation for any incident or drama which occurs in the basin. If an athlete does not present the famous document, he will not be able to take part in the training.^[4]

Honours

Algerian Swimming Championship

Algerian OPEN Swimming Champion 2013–14, 2015–16, 2021

Algerian JUNIOR Swimming Champion 2013–14

Champion of Algeria by Points Minimes 2016–17 Girls and boys in Setif

Champion of Algeria Benjamins 2016–17 Girls and boys

Algerian Swimming interclubs Champion 2017.^[5]

Algerian JUNIOR Swimming runners–up Girls and boys 2020.^[6]
Boys 5 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze
Girls 6 gold and 2 silver

Notable Swimmers

Oussama Sahnoune
Mohamed Ryad Bouhamidi
Ramzi Chouchar
Lounis Khendriche
Jugurtha Boumali
Nazim Belkhodja
Moncef Aymen Balamane

References

^ "Natation/championnat interclubs (USM Alger) : des résultats en net recul". aps.dz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Algérie : Décès tragique de la nageuse Manel Haboub". sportnewsafrica.com. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ "Natation : Terrible drame, la jeune athlète Manel Haboub décède la veille de son BAC". fennecfootball.com. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ "Après le décès Manal Haboub, la fédération de natation oblige les nageurs à présenter un certificat médical". dia-algerie.com. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ "Natation : L'USMA remporte l'interclubs national et empoche 300.000 DA". lesechosdalger.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Natation/Championnat d'Algérie hivernal: le DEN satisfait des résultats". aps.dz. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2021.