Ahmad Hassan Abdullah ( ar, عبد الله أحمد حسن, born Albert Chepkurui on July 29, 1981 in
Kaptarakwa,
Kenya
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and
cross country runner, now representing
Qatar
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after his switch from Kenya in 2003. Other runners who have made the same switch include
Saif Saeed Shaheen.
Abdullah has won
bronze medals at the
2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2004 and 2008 editions of the
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
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. He represented Qatar over
10,000 metres
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at the
2008 Beijing Olympics and three times at the
IAAF World Championships in Athletics. He is a two-time Asian champion in the 10,000 m (2003 and 2007) and holds the
Asian record with his personal best time of 26:38.76 minutes.
Career
Abdullah has competed numerous times at the
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...
. He made his first appearance as a junior athlete at the 1999 race, finishing in fifth place. In the senior section, he was sixth in the 2001 short race and 2002 long race, before missing 2003 amid his switch to represent Qatar. He returned in 2004 to take fourth in the short race. In 2005 he race in both races and was the long race bronze medallist and eighth in the short race. He performed less well after that, with finishes ranging from eighth to 18th in the period from 2006 to 2010.
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He has enjoyed success at the
Asian Cross Country Championships
The Asian Cross Country Championships is a biennial regional cross country running competition for athletes from Asia. It is organised by the Asian Athletics Association and was first held in 1991 in Fukuoka, Japan. The competition has been held ...
, winning the individual and team
gold medals at the 2007 and 2009 competitions. He won both the individual and team titles at the 2008 edition of the
World Military Cross Country Championships The World Military Cross Country Championships is an international biennial cross country running competition organised by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The competition is typically held in late February or early March. First hel ...
. He has competed on the Spanish cross country circuit and won the
Cross Zornotza
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in 2005.
On the track Abdullah has typically competed in the 10,000 m. He holds the
Asian and
Qatari records for the distance with his personal best of 26:38.76 minutes, set at the
Memorial Van Damme
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meeting in 2003. He was the bronze medallist in the event at the
2001 Goodwill Games
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, In his first outings as a Qatari athlete he came fourth in the 10,000 m at the
2003 World Championships in Athletics
The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
Men's results
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, before taking the regional title in the event at the
2003 Asian Athletics Championships
The 15th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Manila, Philippines on September 20–23, 2003.
Results
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Medal table
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. At the
2007 Asian Athletics Championships
The 17th Asian Athletics Championships were held on the Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan between 25 July and 29 July 2007. It was moved in the last minute from original host country Lebanon due to the unrest in that country.
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, he won a second Asian title and also a
silver medal over
5000 metres behind his compatriot
Felix Kibore. He ran at the
2007 World Championships in Athletics
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, but did not manage to finish. On his Olympic debut at the
2008 Beijing Olympics he came eighth in the 10,000 m and was the only runner in the top ten to represent a non-African nation. He was eleventh at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
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, then was only a bronze medallist at the
2009 Asian Athletics Championships
The 18th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Guangzhou, China in 2009.
Results
Men's results
Track
Field
Women's results
Track
Field
Medal table
Participating nations
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, as he was beaten by two other former Kenyans,
Nicholas Kemboi and
Hasan Mahboob
Ali Hasan Mahboob (born Silas Kirui on 31 December 1981 in Kapsabet) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner. He became a naturalized citizen of Bahrain (switching from his birth country Kenya) ahead of the 2006 season. His personal best t ...
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At the ]IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
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he has competed three times and reached the podium twice. He was third in 2004, 24th in 2007 and took a second bronze medal at the 2008 race.[ On the road circuit, he was the 2003 winner of the Bellin Run.
After a break from international competition lasting from late 2010 through 2011,][ Abdullah made his marathon debut in 2012 at the ]Hamburg Marathon
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and finished the race in a time of 2:08:36 hours, coming fifth overall.
International competitions
Personal bests
* 3000 metres - 7:43.01 min (1999)
* 5000 metres - 12:56.27 min (2003)
*10,000 metres
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- 26:38.76 min (2003)
*Half marathon
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- 1:01:46 hrs (2007)
* Marathon - 2:08:36 hrs (2012)
See also
* List of eligibility transfers in athletics
* List of Qatar-related topics
References
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1981 births
Living people
People from Elgeyo-Marakwet County
Kenyan male long-distance runners
Kenyan male cross country runners
Kenyan male marathon runners
Qatari male long-distance runners
Qatari male marathon runners
Qatari male cross country runners
Olympic male long-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Qatar
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Asian Games competitors for Qatar
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Qatar
Asian Cross Country Championships winners
Kenyan emigrants to Qatar
Naturalised citizens of Qatar
Qatari people of Kenyan descent