Mohammad Fakhri bin Ismail (born 6 March 1991) is a Bruneian sprinter and

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, playing as a striker for

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. He represented his nation

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in the men's 100 metres at the

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and at the

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. Ismail also boasted a national record of 10.59 seconds, which he registered at the

2015 Southeast Asian Games The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015; ; ta, 2015 தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள்), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, or ...

in Singapore.

Athletics career

At the

, Fakhri competed for the Bruneian team in the men's 100 metres. He posted a time of 10.92 seconds to progress further from the prelims as one of the eight fastest sprinters of the field, before rounding out the first of eight heats in ninth place with a 10.95, almost half a second shy of his personal best. He also served as Brunei's flag bearer during the

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segment of the opening ceremony.

Football career

Fakhri was previously a goal-getter for lesser Bruneian clubs like DST FC and IKLS FC. In the second half of the 2018-19 Brunei Super League season,

signed Fakhri to bolster their striking options, to replace departing Indonesian forward Iner Sontany Putra. Fakhri scored his first two goals for Indera against

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on 28 February 2020 in a 9–0 win.

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* * 1991 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Association football forwards Bruneian footballers Indera SC players Bruneian male sprinters Olympic athletes of Brunei World Athletics Championships athletes for Brunei Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Brunei {{Brunei-athletics-bio-stub

Athletics career

Football career

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