Mukhlid Mahil Al-Otaibi ( ar, مخلد ماهل العتيبي; born 20 June 1976), occasionally spelled as Moukhled Al Outaibi, is a Saudi Arabian
long-distance runner who specializes in
long-distance
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Footpaths
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track and road running events. He represented his country at three
Summer Olympics, in
2008
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,
2012
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, and
2016
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. He was the oldest member of
Saudi Arabia's 2016 Olympic team.
Running career
Al-Otaibi finished second overall in the
5000 metres at the
1999 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. He ran at his first Olympic competition when he raced in the
men's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the
2012 Summer Olympics, he ran both the
5000 metres and the
10,000 metres
The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The ra ...
. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he ran in the
men's 5000 metres.
Achievements
Personal bests
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...
- 3:38.12 min (2004)
*
3000 metres - 7:46.31 min (2004)
*
5000 metres - 12:58.58 min (2005)
*
10000 metres - 27.31.61 min (2012)
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Saudi Arabian male long-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Saudi Arabia
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
People from Taif
Asian Games gold medalists for Saudi Arabia
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Saudi Arabia
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics
20th-century Saudi Arabian people
21st-century Saudi Arabian people