Hakimuddin Shabbir Habibulla (born 25 September 1979) is an Indian former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events. He represented India at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Career

Habibulla competed only in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 1:56.11. He challenged four other swimmers in heat one, including Uzbekistan's two-time Olympian Oleg Tsvetkovskiy. Coming from third at the first turn, Habibulla finished the race to a fourth seed in a time of 1:58.35, finishing behind the leader Tsvetskovskiy by 3.42 seconds. Habibulla failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed 50th overall in the prelims.

Hakimuddin Habibulla

Habibulla was co-founder of GoSports India Pvt. Ltd., a sports management company based in Bangalore, which works towards development of young talent in Olympic sports. He was also the Founder Trustee of the GoSports Foundation.

Hakimuddin Habibulla

Habibulla is currently the founder and principal consultant for sports performance at Winning Matters Consulting Pvt. Ltd., a sports consulting firm.

Hakimuddin Habibulla

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1979 births

Living people

Indian male swimmers

Indian male freestyle swimmers

Indian Ismailis

Dawoodi Bohras

Olympic swimmers for India

Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimmers from Bangalore

South Asian Games gold medalists for India

South Asian Games medalists in swimming