Kareema Saleh Jasim (born 18 February 1988) is a Kenyan-born

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

i professional

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who competes in distances ranging from

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

to the

half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu ...

, as well as the

steeplechase Steeplechase may refer to: * Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles * Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...

. She is the Bahraini national record holder in the 10,000 m and steeplechase. Jasim rose to prominence with a 10,000 m silver medal at the

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and then won both the long-distance events 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. Countrie ...

. She is a two-time medallist at the

Military World Games The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). They have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years. A w ...

(5000 m) and the

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(half marathon). She is a three-time participant 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 ...

and was runner-up 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 e ...

in 2007.

Career

Born in

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, she began competing for Bahrain in 2005. She made her international debut at that year's

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, taking the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

bronze medal before going on to win both the

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and half marathon events. Her time of 34:45.47 minutes for the 10,000 metres was a Bahraini national record. She headed to Europe for the start of the 2006 season and was runner-up at the

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before taking the title at the Corrida di San Geminiano road race. 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 ...

she came fourth in the 3000 m but set a national record mark of 9:28.90 minutes. Her global debut came in the short race of the

2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on April 1/2, 2006. The races were held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, Japan's National Cross Country Course which is the permanent residence of the annual Fukuo ...

, where she came 28th. Moving into the track season, at the

2006 Asian Junior Athletics Championships The 2006 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 12th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 15–18 July at the Macau Stadium in Macau, ...

she fourth in the 3000 m and the 5000 m

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list. She managed only 13th in the 3000 m at the

2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. ...

.Jasim Kareema
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-21. The Arab Junior Championships saw her take a sweep of medals, winning the 3000 m, 5000 m and steeplechase titles (setting a national record of 10:35.8 minutes in the latter event).Karima Saleh Jassem
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-04-21. The

marked Jasim's breakthrough as a senior athlete. Although she was beaten by

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in the 10,000 m, she finished ahead of

Hiromi Ominami is a Japanese long-distance runner. She was born in Wakasa, Fukui. Her twin sister is Takami Ominami, also a world class marathon runner with a personal best of 2:23:43. Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise ...

to take the silver medal in a national record time of 32:17.14 minutes. She was part of a Bahraini medal sweep at the 2007

, finishing second to her teammate

Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal ( ar, مريم يوسف جمال; om, Maryam Yuusuf Jamaal) (born Zenebech Tola) (born 16 September 1984) is an Ethiopian-born Bahraini middle-distance runner. She is the first Bahraini athlete to win an Olympic medal, a gold ...

. At the Arab Athletics Championships in May she was second in the 5000 m and defended her half marathon title. She ran a 3000 m personal best of 9:14.30 minutes at the

Hanžeković Memorial Hanžeković Memorial ( hr, Hanžekovićev memorijal) is an athletics event at the Sportski Park Mladost athletic stadium in Zagreb, Croatia as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1951. ''Hanžek'' (which is the ...

before going on to a long-distance double at the

, going unchallenged in weak women's fields. Later in the season she was third in the 5000 m at the

2007 Military World Games The 2007 Military World Games, officially the 4th CISM Military World Games were held at the twin-cities Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad - Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India from 14–21 October 2007. Some parts of the games were also held ...

and won the half marathon at 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 ...

. She also set a half marathon best of 71:52 minutes in a second-place performance at the

Route du Vin Half Marathon The ING Route du Vin Half Marathon (french: ING Route du Vin Semi-Marathon) is an annual road running competition over the half marathon distance (21.1 km/13.1 mi) which takes place in late September in Remich, Luxembourg. It is organised ...

. Her sole international outing the following year came at the

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, where she was 17th. Her outings on the road that year included a win at the Marrakesh Half Marathon, second at the

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and a 10K best run of 32:43 minutes for third at the

Singelloop Utrecht The Singelloop Utrecht is an annual road running event over which takes place on the streets of city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. It is typically held in either September or October The competition, which roughly translates as the ''Utrecht Can ...

. She was absent from competition in 2009. She returned to major events at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

: Jasim produced a steeplechase national record of 10:05.60 minutes to take fourth place and repeated that finish in the 5000 m with a personal best of 15:20.01 minutes. Jasim began 2012 with a personal best at the Marrakesh Half Marathon, running a time of 71:06 minutes for second behind

Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui ( ar, أسماء لغزاوي; born August 30, 1976) is a Moroccan middle-distance runner. She is a two-time Olympian for Morocco. Biography In 1999, Leghzaoui made a running breakthrough by improving her 3000 metres personal b ...

. A 25th-place finish at the

2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 20, 2011. The races were held at the Polideportivo Antonio Gil Hernández in Punta Umbría, Spain. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF. Preparation The Unite ...

helped Bahrain to fourth in the team rankings. She formed a Bahraini 1–2 over 10,000 m behind

Shitaye Eshete Shitaye Eshete Habtegebrel (born 21 May 1990) is an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain. Debut She first began competing for the oil-rich Gulf state in 2009, making her debut at the Asian Cross Countr ...

at the

2011 Asian Athletics Championships The 19th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Kobe, Japan between July 7–10, 2011 at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium. The tournament had 507 athletes from forty Asian nations competing in the 42 track and field events over the four- ...

She was third behind Kenyan opposition in the 5000 m at the

2011 Military World Games The 2011 Military World Games ( pt, Jogos Mundiais Militares de 2011), officially known as the 5th CISM Military World Games ( pt, V Jogos Mundiais Militares do CISM), was hosted from July 15–24, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 5th Military ...

(repeating her finish from 2007) and ended the year with a runner-up finish to compatriot Lishan Dula at the

2011 Pan Arab Games The 2011 Pan Arab Games also known as the 12th Pan Arab Games took place in Doha, Qatar from 6 to 23 December 2011. This was the first time that the country had hosted the multi-sport event. Khalifa International Stadium was the main venue for th ...

half marathon.Biography JASIM Kareema
2011 Arab Games. Retrieved on 2012-04-21.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jasim, Kareema Saleh Living people 1988 births Kenyan female long-distance runners Bahraini female long-distance runners Bahraini female steeplechase runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Kenyan female steeplechase runners Asian Games silver medalists for Bahrain Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships winners Military World Games bronze medalists for Bahrain Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Arab Athletics Championships winners West Asian Athletics Championships winners