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Mohammed Suleiman

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Ahmed Suleiman
Nationality	Qatari
Born	Doha, Qatar
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Qatar
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	Mizuno Track Club International
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Qatar Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 1500 m IAAF World Cup 1992 Havana 1500 m 1994 London 1500 m Asian Games 1990 Beijing 1500 m 1990 Beijing 5000 m 1994 Hiroshima 1500 m 1998 Bangkok 1500 m 1998 Bangkok 5000 m Asian Championships 1991 Kuala Lumpur 1500 m 1991 Kuala Lumpur 5000 m 1995 Jakarta 1500 m 1998 Fukuoka 1500 m 2000 Jakarta 1500 m 1995 Jakarta 800 m 1989 New Delhi 1500 m 1989 New Delhi 3000 m st. 2000 Jakarta 5000 m

Mohammad Ahmed Suleiman (Arabic: محمد أحمد سليمان; born 23 November 1969) is a Qatari middle-distance runner that won Qatar its first Olympic medal ever.

Career

Suleiman was born in doha qatar "Investing in sporting success as a domestic and foreign policy tool: the case of Qatar." International journal of sport policy and politics.

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.

Notes

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mohamed Suleiman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2012.

References

• databaseOlympics at the Wayback Machine (archived March 19, 2007)

External links

• Mohamed Suleiman at World Athletics
• Mohamed Suleiman at Olympics.com
• Mohamed Suleiman at Olympedia

• 1969 births
• Living people
• Qatari male 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 for Qatar
• Olympic bronze medalists for Qatar
• Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Asian Games
• Qatari people of Somali descent
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar
• Asian Games bronze medalists for Qatar
• Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
• Asian Athletics Championships winners
• Arab Athletics Championships winners
• 21st-century Qatari sportsmen