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Abubaker Ali Kamal

Abubaker Ali Kamal (second from left) at the 2007 World Championships
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Qatar
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	3000 m st.
Asian Championships
	2005 Incheon	1500 m
	2000 Jakarta	1500 m
	2002 Colombo	3000 m st.
	2007 Amman	800 m
	2007 Amman	1500 m
	2009 Guangzhou	3000 m st.
West Asian Games
	2005 Doha	1500 m
Pan Arab Games
	2007 Cairo	3000 m st.

Abubaker Ali Kamal (born 8 November 1983) is a Qatari runner who has specialized mostly in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase.

He won a 5000 m/steeplechase double at the 2011 Pan Arab Games, but failed a drugs test at the competition. He was disqualified and banned for two years for being positive for Erythropoietin (EPO).

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Qatar
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	1500 m	3:45.72
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	7th	1500 m	3:44.12
	Asian Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	1500 m	3:52.64
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	3rd	3000 m s'chase	8:33.67 (NJR)
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	2nd	3000 m s'chase	8:31.75
	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	3rd	3000 m s'chase	8:37.4
2005	Asian Indoor Games	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd	1500 m	3:50.31
			3rd	3000 m	8:13.24
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	1st	1500 m	3:44.24
	West Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	2nd	1500 m	3:41.45
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	4th	1500 m	3:41.09
2007	Asian Indoor Games	Macau	3rd	1500 m	3:50.78
			5th	3000 m	8:13.59
	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	3rd	800 m	1:52.22
			3rd	1500 m	3:47.22
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	11th	3000 m s'chase	8:26.90
	Pan Arab Games	Cairo, Egypt	6th	1500 m	3:53.56
			3rd	3000 m s'chase	8:43.02
2008	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	800 m	1:49.86
			3rd	1500 m	3:42.50
	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	20th (h)	1500 m	3:45.95
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	8th	3000 m s'chase	8:16.59
2009	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam	3rd	1500 m	3:44.07
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	15th (h)	1500 m	3:52.25
			3rd	3000 m s'chase	8:34.73
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	12th	3000 m s'chase	8:19.72
2010	2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships	Tehran, Iran	1st	1500 m	3:51.78
	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	21st (h)	1500 m	3:46.51
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:30.23
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	20th (h)	3000 m s'chase	8:30.37
	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	–	5000 m	DQ
			–	3000 m s'chase	DQ

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 800 metres – 1:46.38 min (2006)
• 1500 metres – 3:36.15 min (2010)
• 3000 metres – 7:55.95 min (2006)
• 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:15.80 min (2008)
• 5000 metres – 13:25.51 min (2014)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 1:49.21 min (2009)
• 1500 metres – 3:41.69 min (2009)

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

References

1. Georgiotis, Vasileios (2011-12-21). Qatar’s young guns shine in Doha – Arab Games report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-21.
2. IAAF Sanctioned Athletes 15.6.12. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-21.

External links

• Abubaker Ali Kamal at World Athletics
• Abubaker Ali Kamal at Diamond League
• Abubaker Ali Kamal at Olympedia

• 1983 births
• Living people
• Qatari male steeplechase runners
• Qatari male middle-distance runners
• Qatari male long-distance runners
• Qatari male marathon runners
• Olympic athletes for Qatar
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Doping cases in athletics
• Qatari sportspeople in doping cases
• Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar
• Asian Games silver medalists for Qatar
• Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
• Asian Athletics Championships winners
• Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners
• Arab Games bronze medalists
• Arab Athletics Championships winners