Youssef Ramadan (; born 7 July 2002) is an Egyptian swimmer. He is an African record holder in the short course 4×50 metre medley relay and 4×100 metre medley relay, where he swam butterfly leg on both relays. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 100 metre butterfly, placing sixteenth in the semifinals. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, he placed fourth in the 100 metre butterfly and thirteenth in the 100 metre freestyle. At the 2022 World Short Course Championships, he placed eighth in the final of the 100 metre butterfly and tenth in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle and the 50 metre butterfly. In 2023, he won the NCAA Division I Championships title in the 100 yard butterfly.

Background Ramadan attended the New Cairo British International School in Cairo, Egypt, for high school. He started attending Virginia Tech and competing collegiately as part of the Virginia Tech Hokies swim team in the autumn of 2020 as an 18-year-old.Keith, Braden (4 January 2020). "World Juniors Semifinalist Youssef Ramadan Of Egypt Commits to Virginia Tech". SwimSwam. Retrieved 16 February 2022. He is sponsored by Hassan Allam Properties."Egypt's most successful young athlete Youssef Ramadan sponsored by Hassan Allan Properties". Zawya. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

Career 2019 World Junior Championships When he was 17 years old, Ramadan placed 11th in the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly with a 24.13 and 16th in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle in 50.80 seconds at the 2019 World Junior Championships, held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary in August 2019.FINA (25 August 2019). "7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Results Book". SwimSwam. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

2020 Olympic Games

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 19-year-old Ramadan set an Egyptian record in the prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 51.67 seconds, which qualified him for the semifinals tied in rank for fourteenth overall in the prelims heats with Szebasztián Szabó of Hungary.Dornan, Ben (29 July 2021). "Tokyo 2020 Day 6 Prelims All-Star: Egypt's Youssef Ramadan Continues To Improve". SwimSwam. Retrieved 17 December 2021. In the semifinals, Ramadan placed sixteenth with a time of 52.27 seconds and did not qualify for the final.DeGuzman, David (30 July 2021). "VT swimmer Youssef Ramadan completes Olympic experience in 100m butterfly semifinals". WFXR. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships At the 2021 FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Ramadan won his prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly with a personal best time of 49.66 seconds and advanced to semifinals ranked third overall, six-hundredths of a second slower than second-ranked Andrei Minakov of Russia and seventeen-hundredths of a second slower than first-ranked Noè Ponti of Switzerland.FINA (17 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 December 2021.Dornan, Ben (16 December 2021). "2021 Short Course World Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 17 December 2021. In the event's semifinals later the same day, Ramadan qualified for the final ranking third with a time of 49.60 seconds.FINA (17 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 December 2021. One day earlier, Ramadan anchored the 4×100 metre freestyle relay with a 49.03, helping the Egypt relay team place thirteenth in an Egyptian record time of 3:18.49 and not qualifying the relay to the final.FINA (16 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 December 2021. On the third day of competition, Ramadan placed fourth in the final of the 100 metre butterfly with an Egyptian record time of 49.50 seconds, finishing less than three-tenths of a second behind bronze medalist Andrei Minakov.FINA (18 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

On the fifth day of competition, Ramadan helped the 4×50 metre medley relay place second in the first prelims heat, splitting a 22.37 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help finish behind the Russia relay team and ahead of the United States relay team with an African record time of 1:33.19, which qualified the relay for the final ranking second overall.FINA (20 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 December 2021. In the same prelims session, Ramadan set a new Egyptian record in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 46.98 seconds, which ranked him eighth overall and qualified him for the semifinals later in the day.FINA (20 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 December 2021. Later in the day, Ramadan helped lower the African record to 1:32.56 and achieve a fifth-place finish in the 4×50 metre medley relay, splitting a 22.12 for the butterfly leg of the relay.FINA (20 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 December 2021.Keith, Braden (20 December 2021). "Egypt Breaks African Record In 200 Medley Relay Again In Finals, Finishes Fifth". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 December 2021. For the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle, Ramadan placed 13th with a 47.36 and did not advance to the final.FINA (20 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 December 2021. On the morning of the sixth and final day, Ramadan split a 50.89 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the prelims, contributing to an African record time of 3:30.83 and a twelfth-place ranking across all heats.FINA (21 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

2021–2022 Collegiate season During a practice in January 2022 for the Virginia Tech Hokies his sophomore (second) year, Ramadan took part in a virtual challenge of sprinting 75 yards in different strokes wearing fins for his 75 yards. Ramadan swam butterfly, starting from a push-start and performing flip turns on each wall to achieve a time of 28.4 seconds.Hodges, Coleman (5 January 2022). "IU's Steele Swims 28.2 75 With Fins Backstroke, VT's Ramadan 28.4 Butterfly". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 January 2022. At a dual meet against Pennsylvania State University later in the month, Ramadan set two pool records at the Virginia Tech pool, one in the 100-yard butterfly, where he won in 45.34 seconds, and another as part of the 4×50 yard medley relay in 1:25.13, where he swam the backstroke leg of the relay in 21.93 seconds.De George, Matthew (22 January 2022). "Youssef Ramadan Sets 100 Fly Pool Record in Virginia Tech Romp over Penn State". Swimming World. Retrieved 23 January 2022. In the first week of February, Ramadan won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 44.68 seconds and competed in the 200-yard butterfly, achieving a time of 1:43.00, at the Virginia Tech Invitational.Hamann, Michael (7 February 2022). "Ramadan Posts 44.68 100 Fly, Atkinson 1:51.84 200 Back At Virginia Tech Invite". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

2022 ACC Championships At the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC, Championships in February 2022, Ramadan ranked fifth in the prelims heats of the 50-yard freestyle with a 19.13.D'Addona, Dan (16 February 2022). "ACC Swimming Championships Day 2 Prelims: Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh Tie ACC Record in 50 Freestyle". Swimming World. Retrieved 16 February 2022. For the final, Ramadan placed third in a time of 18.87 seconds, finishing 0.13 seconds behind first-place finisher David Curtiss.Gibbs, Robert (16 February 2022). "2022 ACC Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 16 February 2022. Earlier in the same finals session, he led off the 4×50 yard freestyle relay in 18.80 seconds to help achieve a fourth-place finish in the event in 1:16.29.Hy-Tek (16 February 2022). "2022 ACC Championship: Meet Results". sidearmstats.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022. In the prelims heats of the 100-yard butterfly on day three, Ramadan ranked fourth with a 45.39 and qualified for the final.Sutherland, James (17 February 2022). "2022 ACC Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 17 February 2022. Later in the day, Ramadan anchored the 4×50 yard medley relay in the final with an 18.53 to help achieve a second-place finish in 1:22.82.Gibbs, Robert (17 February 2022). "2022 ACC Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 17 February 2022. For his second and final event of the evening, Ramadan won the 100-yard butterfly in a new ACC Championships and ACC record time of 44.08 seconds, which made him the fourth-fastest swimmer to race the event in the United States and was just 0.07 seconds off the pool record of 44.01 set by Joseph Schooling in 2016.Rieder, David (17 February 2022). "2022 ACC Championships: Louisville Men Win 200 Medley Relay; NC State Holds Men's Team Lead". Swimming World. Retrieved 17 February 2022.Pelshaw, Anya (17 February 2022). "Youssef Ramadan Swims ACC Conference And Meet Record In 100 Butterfly; 44.08". SwimSwam. Retrieved 17 February 2022. On day four, he split a 41.41 to anchor the 4×100 yard medley relay to a third-place finish in 3:02.71.Gibbs, Robert (18 February 2022). "2022 ACC Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 18 February 2022. Finishing in a time of 41.83 seconds in the prelims heats of the 100-yard freestyle on the fifth and final day, Ramadan ranked first, heading into the final.Gibbs, Robert (19 February 2022). "2022 ACC Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 19 February 2022. He won the final with a personal best time of 41.76 seconds, then finished the Championships with a third-place finish in the 4×100 yard freestyle relay in a final relay time of 2:48.03.Rieder, David (19 February 2022). "2022 ACC Championships: NC State Cruising to Men's Title; Virginia Tech Posts Three Wins". Swimming World. Retrieved 19 February 2022. His lead-off split time of 41.96 seconds was the second-fastest lead-off leg of all 11 finals relays. With his accomplishments at the Championships, Ramadan received the "Men's Most Valuable Swimmer" honour and helped achieve a third-place finish for the Virginia Tech men overall."NC State, Virginia Win 2022 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships". Atlantic Coast Conference. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.Sutherland, James (21 February 2022). "Alex Walsh, Youssef Ramadan Named ACC Championship Most Valuable Swimmers". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

2022 NCAA Championships