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Amman Jalmaani

Filipino swimmer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ27655919 ↗
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Amman Jalmaani (December 15, 1948 – November 23, 2021) was a Filipino swimmer who competed in the Summer Olympics and the Asian Games.

Career

Jalmaani competed at the 1964, 1968 and the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also participated at the 1966 Asian Games where he won two bronze medals, and the 1970 Asian Games, winning three silver medals. His last major competition was the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran where he clinched a bronze medal.

Later life and death

After his retirement, Jalmaani resided in Zamboanga City and served in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He died in Zamboanga City on November 23, 2021.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1948, 2021, 1964, 1968—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1948-12-15. The account is most persuasive where Amman, Jalmaani and Filipino can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Amman Jalmaani” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.