Daham Najim Bashir ( ar, دهام نجم بشير; born David Nyaga on 8 November 1979) is a Kenyan-born middle-distance runner now representing Qatar. At the 2005 Bislett Games he set a new Asian record over

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with 3:47.97 minutes. In 2006 he won a silver medal in

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at the

2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was an international indoor athletics event took place in Pattaya, Thailand, between 10 and 12 February. This was the first edition to be hosted in the country. A total of 24 nations sent athletes to c ...

before taking the gold medal at that distance at the

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. He represented Qatar at the

2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF ...

and the

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, finishing tenth both times.

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* 1979 births Living people Qatari male middle-distance runners Kenyan male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Qatar Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Qatar Kenyan emigrants to Qatar Naturalised citizens of Qatar Qatari people of Kenyan descent Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{qatar-athletics-bio-stub