Abderrahmane Hammadi ( ar, حماديعبد الرحمن; born 24 March 1984) is an Algerian former

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who specialised in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...

. He competed internationally for Algeria between 2003 and 2011. He was the gold medallist at the 2011 All-Africa Games and the

2007 Pan Arab Games The 11th Pan Arab Games took place in Cairo, Egypt from 11 – 26 November 2007. A total of 22 countries participated in 32 events. These games were the largest in the games' history; seven new events were introduced and 2000 more athletes partici ...

. His personal best is 49.84 seconds, which is a former Algerian national record and set during a silver medal run at the

2008 African Championships in Athletics The 16th African Championships in Athletics was held in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, from April 30 to May 4, 2008. The competition venue was the Addis Ababa Stadium. It is the largest Athletics event held in Ethiopia to date. It was t ...

. He was also the winner at the 2011 Arab Athletics Championships. Hammadi began his international career with a bronze medal at the 2003 African Junior Athletics Championships and followed up with a senior bronze at the

Islamic Solidarity Games The Islamic Solidarity Games ( ar, ألعاب التضامن الإسلامي) is a multinational, multi-sport event. The Games involve the elite athletes of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation who compete in a variety of sports. The Solidari ...

two years later. He won his first Algerian national title in the 400 m hurdles in 2006.Algerian Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-23. He was a two-time participant at the

Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referred ...

(2007, 2009).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammadi, Abderrahmane Living people 1984 births Algerian male hurdlers African Games gold medalists for Algeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Algeria Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics 21st-century Algerian people