Jowan Qupty

Jowan Qupty ("koop-tee", , ; born June 6, 1990) is a Palestinian-Israeli swimmer. Swimming in Israel as a youth, his team was a mixture of Jews, Muslims, and Christians.

He established records in the 200 m breaststroke in the Israeli national age group for ages 14, 15, 16, and 17. He won the Florida high school swimming state 100 yard breaststroke championship (57.27 seconds) for the Bulldogs. They attended Bolles together, where they were roommates for two years, swim team teammates, and became best friends. Qupty's father, commenting on the friendship and teamwork between his Christian Arab Israeli son and his son's Jewish Israeli roommate/teammate, said: "Just to see them together after the race jumping and hugging each other; they were so happy. I was looking at them through my tears. Coming from our part of the world, you don't see that." In December 2010, while a junior at University of Missouri, he established the Mizzou Invitational meet record in the 200 y breaststroke(1:59.56).

In November 2011, he was training in hopes of qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.