Abbas Abubakar Abbas ( ar, عباس أبو بكر عباس; born 17 May 1996) is a Nigerian-born Bahraini

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er who competes internationally for Bahrain. He was the silver medallist in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

at the

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. He has a personal best of 44.90 seconds for the event.

Career

Born in

Kano State Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...

, Nigeria, he first established himself at the national level with a runner-up finish over

at the 2012 Nigerian National Sports Festival, finishing behind

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. Less than a month later the 16-year-old Nigerian opted to compete for Bahrain, changing his eligibility to the Middle-East state.Abbas Abubaker
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 29 September 2014. Abbas made his debut for his adopted nation the following year at the

2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the eighth edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes. The five-day competition took place between 10 and 14 July at the RSC Olimpiyskiy stadium in ...

. Running in the 400 m, he managed a personal best in the qualifiers with a time of 46.85 seconds. In the final he originally finished in third place, but was disqualified for a lane infraction. He completed a

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/400 m double at the West Asian Youth Athletics Championships three months later. At the start of following track season he was a double medallist at the

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, winning the 200 m and placing second in a Bahraini 1–2 of the 400 m, behind Ali Khamis Abbas. He ran two personal bests in those events at the

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Memorial Vulpev-Bakchevanov that July, timing 21.25 seconds and 45.93 seconds, respectively. At the

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he was a 400 m finalist and despite a slow start managed to take the bronze medal – his first global podium finish. He rose among the senior elite runners at the

: two Bahraini junior records came in the qualifiers, first a run of 45.61, then one of 45.17 seconds. He was beaten

Youssef Masrahi Yousef Ahmed Masrahi (Arabic:يوسف مسرحي) (born 31 December 1987, in Najran) is a Saudi Arabian track and field athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres sprint. His personal best time for the event is 43.93 seconds, set in 2015, and is ...

in the final by over a second, but was still a clear second to take the silver medal at the age of 18. His best time that year ranked him the second fastest junior 400 m runner for the season, just behind world junior champion

Machel Cedenio Machel Cedenio (born 6 September 1995) is a Trinidadian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He represented his country at two outdoor and one indoor World Championships winning a silver medal in the relay at the 2015 outdoor edition. He comp ...

.400 Metres – men – junior – outdoor – 2014
IAAF. Retrieved on 29 September 2014.

Personal bests

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 21.25 seconds (2014) *

– 45.17 seconds (2014) *

400 meters The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is on ...

- 44:90 seconds (2019)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbas, Abbas Abubakar Living people 1996 births Nigerian male sprinters Bahraini male sprinters Nigerian emigrants to Bahrain Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Kano State World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain Asian Games silver medalists for Bahrain Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Bahrain Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Naturalized citizens of Bahrain World Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Kano