Mohamed Asswai Khalifa

Mohamed Souai Asswai Khalifa (; 19442018) was a Libyan athlete and footballer. He was the first ever person to represent Libya at the Olympics, competing in the men's 400metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Biography Asswai was born in 1944 in Zawiya, Libya. He played football and competed in athletics. He was a leading figure with Al Ahli SC in the 1960s and played for them as a midfielder from 1965 to 1970, contributing to their Libyan Premier League championship in the 1968–69season.

Asswai was selected to compete at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, being Libya's first-ever Olympian. He was a participant at the 1967 Mediterranean Games and the 1971 Mediterranean Games. Al Wasat described him as "a model of the ideal coach who loved his game, and contributed to preparing and refining many talents and competitors who supported the ranks of the Libyan national teams in their foreign participations".

Asswai was bedridden in his last years from an illness and died in 2018.