Abdalelah Haroun
 Haroun at the 2017 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | عبد الإله هارون | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Sudanese Qatari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1997 Al-Soki, Sennar, Sudan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 June 2021 (aged 24) Doha, Qatar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Qatar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Luiz de Oliveira[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400 m: 44.07 (2018) 500 m(indoors): 59.83 WB (Stockholm 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abdalelah Haroun Hassan (
Arabic: عبد الإله هارون; 1 January 1997 – 26 June 2021) was a Qatari track and field sprinter. He specialised in the 400 metres
. He was the 2015 Asian champion in the event and holds the Asian indoor record.
Biography
Haroun was recruited at a young age from Sudan by Qatar. He
junior category athlete and the fastest ever indoor debut.[5][6] His next outing one month later he set an outdoor best of 44.68 seconds.[7] He was a comfortable victor at the 2015 Arab Athletics Championships in April, beating Egypt's Anas Beshr by nearly a second.[8]
He ran at the
IAAF Diamond League debut proper, he finished fifth at the Prefontaine Classic.[10] He quickly established himself as one of Asia's top senior athletes at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships by beating two-time defending champion Yousef Masrahi of Saudi Arabia in the 400 m final with his third 44.68-second clocking of the season. Masrahi was indignant about losing to his younger rival, saying "44.68 is nothing for me actually. I will come back. I will break the Asian record again".[11]
On June 26, 2021, Haroun died in a
Personal bests
- 400 metres outdoors: 44.07 seconds (2018)
- 400 metres indoors: 45.39 seconds (2015) AR
- 4 × 400 metres relay: 3:00.56 (2018) AR
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2015 | Arab Championships | Isa Town, Bahrain | 1st | 400 m | 44.68 |
| Asian Championships | Wuhan, China
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1st | 400 m | 44.68 | |
| 2016 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | 400 m | 45.88 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:08.20 | |||
| World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 2nd | 400 m | 45.59 | |
| World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland
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1st | 400 m | 44.81 | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 23rd (sf) | 400 m | 46.66 | |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, Great Britain | 3rd | 400 m | 44.48 |
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 1st | 400 m | 45.68
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| 12th (sf) | 800 m | 2:07.94
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| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:12.58
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| 2018 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran
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1st | 400 m | 46.37 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.08 | |||
| World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom
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– | 400 m | DQ | |
| Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia
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1st | 400 m | 44.89 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.56 | |||
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar
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37th (h) | 400 m | 47.76 |
References
- ^ NBC Rio 2016 bio
- ^ Le Qatar et le Bahrein renforcent leurs équipes (in French). SPE15 (2015-02-15). Retrieved on 2015-06-04.
- ^ Abdelalelah Haroun. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-04.
- ^ 400 Metres - men - junior - outdoor - 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-04.
- ^ Julin, A. Lennart (2015-02-19). Dibaba sets world indoor 5000m record in Stockholm. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-04.
- ^ Qatar's rising stars set to shine in Doha – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF (2015-05-06). Retrieved on 2015-06-04.
- ^ LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James to battle in 400 at Pre Classic . LetsRun (2015-05-07). Retrieved on 2015-06-04.
- ^ ALGÉRIE AU 19 EME. CHAMPIONNAT PANARABES D’ATHLÉTISME BAHREÏN / MANAMA 24 - 27/04/2015 Archived June 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Algeria Athletics Stats. Retrieved on 2015-05-04.
- ^ Tripathi, Rajeev (2015-05-16). Qatar's Haroun fastest Asian in 400m Diamond League Archived 2016-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. Qatar Tribune. Retrieved on 2015-06-04.
- ^ Abdalleleh Haroun. Diamond League. Retrieved on 2015-06-04.
- ^ Wu, Vincent (2015-06-04). Qatari sprinters dominate at Asian Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-04.
- ^ "400m World Bronze Medalist Abdalelah Haroun Dies in Car Crash". News18. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Goh, ZK (26 June 2021). "Qatari Abdalelah Haroun, 2017 world bronze medallist, dies at 24". Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Qatari sprinter Haroun killed in crash". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
External links
- Abdalelah Haroun at World Athletics
- Abdalelah Haroun at Diamond League
- Abdalelah Haroun at Olympics.com
- Abdalelah Haroun at Olympedia
- Abdalelah Haroun at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
World U20 Champions in men's 400 metres | |
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