Moustafa Ahmed Shebto ( ar, مصطفى أحمد شبتو, born Patrick Cheboto on July 4, 1986 in
Kaproron,
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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) is a
long distance runner
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now representing
Qatar
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. Shebto was recruited along with other African runners.
His special distance is
3000 metres steeplechase
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, a distance in which he competed at the
2005 World Championships.
References
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1986 births
Living people
Qatari male steeplechase runners
Ugandan male long-distance runners
Qatari male long-distance runners
World Athletics Championships athletes for Qatar
Ugandan emigrants to Qatar
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