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Fadel Nasser Sarouf

Fadel Nasser Sarouf

Bulgarian-Qatari weightlifter

Fadel Nasser Sarouf, born Valentin Sarov (Bulgarian: Валентин Саров) on April 17, 1976 in Bulgaria, is a naturalized Qatari weightlifter who competed in the men's 77 kg weight class at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships, finishing eighth.

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One of eight Bulgarian weightlifters recruited by the Qatar Olympic Committee for $1,000,000, Sarouf became a Qatari citizen in order to represent the country, changing his name from Valentin Sarov in the process.[1]

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    "Here comes the foreign legion". Aljazeera Magazine. 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2009-01-22.


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