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This category is for competitors within the sport of athletics, comprising track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.It is not to be used for competitors in other sports or to categorize anyone who is physically fit, two other definitions of the word athlete.
Mogadishu, Somalia Ali Mohamed Mudey: 18 November 1977 Mogadishu, Somalia Pole vault: 3.50 m Mohamed Osman Yussuf: 1970 Sheikh, Somalia Long jump: 7.35 m Abdulle Noor Wasughe: 24 August 1972 Olympic Games: Munich, West Germany Triple jump: 14.95 m Mohamed Osman Yussuf: 1968 Sheikh, Somalia Shot put: 12.78 m Abdi Omar Koshinga: October 1983 ...
Samia Yusuf Omar or Samiyo Omar (Somali: Saamiya Yuusuf Cumar; Arabic: سامية يوسف عمر; 25 March 1991 – April 2012) was a sprinter from Somalia.She was one of two Somali athletes who competed for their nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
The Somali Athletics Committee issued an apology regarding the contentious selection of the athlete. Somali Minister of Sports Mohamed Barre also apologized over the incident, [ 20 ] claiming that his ministry was not aware Ali Abukar had been selected to compete at the games, [ 21 ] [ 22 ] and expressed his concern, stating that it was a ...
This is a list of female athletes by sport. Each section is ordered alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen. Sasha Cohen Ellen van Dijk Hagar Finer Sarah Hughes Giselle Kañevsky Morgan Pressel Irina Slutskaya Dara Torres, 4x Olympic champion swimmer
Somalia's sports minister ordered the nation's track and field chair to be suspended after the athlete finished a very distant last in a 100-meter race. Outcry Erupts Over Outrageously Slow ...
One of the Somali entrants at the 2008 Summer Olympics received a great deal of international media attention. Samia Yusuf Omar was a 16 year old sprinter, who had trained at the Mogadishu Stadium and around the city. The determination she showed despite the difficulty and harassment she received by local militia groups in the civil war was ...
Safia Abukar Hussein (born 1 January 1981) is a sprinter who competed internationally for Somalia.Hussein was the first Somali female to compete at the Olympics for her country [1] [2] when she competed in the 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.