- Mohamed Suleiman
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Medal record Men’s Athletics Competitor for 
QatarOlympic Games Bronze 1992 Barcelona 1500 m Mohamed Suleiman (Arabic: محمد سليمان) (born 23 November 1969) is a Somali-born middle-distance runner. He competes for Qatar.
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Career
At the age of 18, Suleiman participated in the Olympic Games in Seoul over 1500 metres. However, he did not progress to the semi-finals. In 1991, Suleiman qualified for the World Championships in Tokyo, where he came in ninth. In 1992, he achieved the greatest success of his career when he won the bronze medal in the Barcelona Olympics thus becoming the first-ever Olympic medallist for Qatar. Throughout his career, Suleiman ran several Asian records over 1500 m and the mile run.
He won the gold medal in the 1500 m representing Asia at the 1992 IAAF World Cup. Suleiman ran for Qatar at two further Olympic Games (in 1996 and 2000) and reached the event finals, although he did not make the podium.
Suleiman's younger brothers Nasser and Abdulrahman Suleiman have also competed internationally in middle-distance running – Abdulrahman was the 2002 Asian champion was the 1500 m.[1]
Notes
- ^ Mohan, K. P. (2002-08-12). Abdulrahman keeps up family tradition; China maintains superiority . The Hindu. Retrieved on 2010-09-04.
References
External links
- IAAF profile for Mohamed Suleiman
IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Men's 1500 m 1977: Steve Ovett (GBR) • 1979: Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) • 1981: Steve Ovett (GBR) • 1985: Omer Khalifa (SUD) • 1989: Abdi Bile (SOM) • 1992: Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) • 1994: Noureddine Morceli (ALG) • 1998: Laban Rotich (KEN) • 2002: Bernard Lagat (KEN) • 2006: Alex Kipchirchir (KEN) • 2010: Amine Laâlou (MAR)
Categories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- Somalian athletes
- Qatari athletes
- Middle distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Qatar
- Olympic bronze medalists for Qatar
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Asian athletics biography stubs
- Qatari sportspeople stubs
- African athletics biography stubs
- Somalian people stubs
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