Ayanleh Souleiman

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Ayanleh Souleiman
1500 meters: 3:29.58[1]

1000 meters: 2:13.49[1]
Mile: 3:47.32[1]

3000 meters: 7:39.81[1]
Medal record
Men's
athletics
Representing  Djibouti
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow 800 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sopot 1500 m
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat 1500 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 Porto Novo 1500 m
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal – first place
2011 Doha
1500 m
Arab Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Doha 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Isa Town 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cairo 1500 m
Representing Africa
Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech 1500 m
2016 IAAF Diamond League
Gold medal – first place
2016 Lausanne
 1000 m
Ayanleh Souleiman wins in 2015 IAAF Diamond League in Stockholm.

Ayanleh Souleiman (born 3 December 1992), also known as Hassan Ayanleh (

middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. He is the Djiboutian record holder for the distance, with his best of 3:29.58 minutes, as well as being the 3000 metres holder with 7:42.22 minutes. He also holds the indoor world record for the 1000-meter which he achieved at the 2016 Globengalan event in Stockholm Sweden.[2] He also set a new IAAF Diamond League record at the IAAF Diamond League in August 2016 in the men's 1000 meters [3]

Running career

Souleiman's first international appearances came in 2009, when he placed tenth in the 1500 m at the Jeux de la Francophonie and ran in the heats of the 3000 m at the World Youth Championships.[4]

In 2011, Souleiman won the title of 1500 m of the

2011 Pan Arab Games in Doha, in a time of 3:34.32, to win his country's first medal in this competition.[5] He also placed sixth in the 1500 m at the 2011 All-Africa Games.[6]

The following season saw him appear on the global scene, as he reached fifth in the final at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[4] His first major medal followed at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics where he claimed the silver medal in the 1500 m.[7]

Souleiman set the Djiboutian national indoor record in the 3000 m at the Indoor Flanders Meeting in February 2013, coming third with a time of 7:39.81 minutes.[8] In June 2013 he ran a national record at 800 m at a meet in Sweden.

Souleiman won the bronze medal at the

Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia and Nick Symmonds of the United States.[9]

In 2014, Souleiman also won the Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic, held at Hayward Field in Oregon with a time of 3:47:32.

Personal bests

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Djibouti
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 17th (h) 3000 m 8:31.83
Jeux de la Francophonie Beirut, Lebanon 10th 1500 m 3:57.40
2011 African Junior Championships Gaborone, Botswana 11th (h) 800 m 1:51.78
9th 1500 m 3:46.51
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 6th 1500 m 3:36.34
Pan Arab Games
 Doha, Qatar 1st 1500 m
3:34.32
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th 1500 m 3:47.35
African Championships
Porto Novo, Benin
 2nd 1500 m 3:36.34
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 3rd 800 m 1:43.76
11th (sf) 1500 m 3:37.96
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 1st 1500 m 3:57.35
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 1st 1500 m 3:37.52
African Championships
Marrakech, Morocco
 1st 1500 m 3:42.49
Continental Cup[10] Marrakech, Morocco 1st 1500 m
3:48.91
2015 World Championships Beijing, China — (h) 1500 m DNF
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 9th 1500 m 3:53.69
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th (sf) 800 m 1:45.19
4th 1500 m 3:50.29
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 33rd (h) 1500 m 3:46.64
2018 African Championships
Asaba, Nigeria
 4th 1500 m 3:37.18
2019 Arab Championships
Cairo, Egypt
 1st 1500 m 3:43.84
African Games
Rabat, Morocco
 2nd 1500 m 3:38.44
World Championships
Doha, Qatar
 22nd (sf) 1500 m 3:42.23
2021 Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
 17th (sf) 1500 m 3:37.251

1Did not finish in the semifinal

References

  1. ^ a b c d e All-Athletics. "Profile of Ayanleh SOULEIMAN".
  2. ^ Wells, Adam (Feb 17, 2016). "Souleiman Breaks Indoor 1,000M World Record". Featured Columnist. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  3. ^ Ramsak, Bob (Aug 25, 2016). "SOULEIMAN SETS 1000M SERIES RECORD IN LAUSANNE – IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE". the IAAF. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  4. ^ a b Ayanleh Souleiman Archived March 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-28.
  5. ^ Georgiotis, Vasileios (2011-12-21). "Qatar's young guns shine in Doha – Arab Games report". IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  6. ^ "Athletics results". All-Africa Games 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-15.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Watta, Evelyn (2012-07-02). "Burundian teen Niyonsaba takes dramatic 800m title as Nigeria top medal table in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 5". IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  8. ^ Hendrix, Ivo (2013-02-10). "Trost triumphs, Maslak and Gregan deny Borlée brothers home wins in Gent – UPDATED". IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  9. ^ 14th IAAF World Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2018-04-03.
  10. ^ "Report: men's 1500m – IAAF Continental Cup, Marrakech 2014". IAAF. 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2018-04-03.

External links

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