- Rabah Yusuf
Rabah Yusuf (born
11 December 1986 inBor, Sudan ) is aSudan ese athlete.He lives in the
United Kingdom , is married to a British woman, and has a son born in 2006. Yusuf has won a number of athletics events in his adopted country. He finished third in the men's 400 metres event at the AAA Championships in 2005. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4258477.stm "Gardener battles to narrow win"] , BBC, February 13, 2005] He set a new record (45.72 seconds) at the 400 metres event of theBedford International Games in 2007. [ [http://www.ukathletics.net/press-centre/news/june-2007/article-24/ "Bedford International Games inc. UK Challenge report"] , UK Athletics] He won the event again in 2008, with a time of 47.05 seconds. [ [http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/north-east-sport/athletics-news/2008/06/02/rabah-s-running-triumph-84229-21009098/ "Rabah’s running triumph"] , "Evening Gazette", June 2, 2008]In 2005, it was reported that Yusuf was seeking British citizenship. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4258477.stm "Gardener battles to narrow win"] , BBC, February 13, 2005] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4262807.stm "European medal chances improve"] , BBC, February 13, 2005] In 2007, he was described as "one of [Britain] ’s brightest hopes for an Olympic medal", but it was reported that a judge had turned down his asylum plea, and that he faced deportation. [ [http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2007/10/20/heartbreak-as-athlete-s-plea-to-stay-is-rejected-84229-19981953/ "Heartbreak as athlete's plea to stay is rejected"] , "Evening Gazette", October 20, 2007] In 2008, he was apparently still living part-time in the United Kingdom, [ [http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/north-east-sport/athletics-news/2008/06/02/rabah-s-running-triumph-84229-21009098/ "Rabah’s running triumph"] , "Evening Gazette", June 2, 2008] "split [ting] his time between Khartoum and married life in the English town of
Middlesbrough ." [ [http://www.stuff.co.nz/4481219a27162.html "Darfur athletes train as Olympic row rages"] , Reuters, April 15, 2008]Yusuf has qualified to represent the Sudan in the 400 metres event at the
2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing . [ [http://www.stuff.co.nz/4481219a27162.html "Darfur athletes train as Olympic row rages"] , Reuters, April 15, 2008]References
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