title: Wessam Salamana
text: # Wessam Salamana
  
  Wessam Salamana (Arabic: وسام سلامانا) is a Syrian boxer. He is a two-time Olympic qualifier. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in his first bout in the bantamweight competition by Kanat Abutalipov.
  
  Salamana left war-torn Syria for Germany in 2015 with his wife and children. He eventually resumed his boxing training in Voelklingen.
  
  In June 2021, he was awarded qualification for the Tokyo Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team. He fought in the lightweight division after the elimination of the Olympic men's bantamweight division. Salamana lost his opening bout to Brazil's Wanderson de Oliveira by unanimous decision.
  
  