Majed Saeed Sultan ( ar, ماجد سعيد سلطان; born Elijah Kosgei on November 3, 1986, in

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

) is a

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

now representing

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after switching from Kenya. He specializes at the 800 metres, a distance where he became 2004 world junior champion and competed in the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

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. In September 2005 he became Asian champion.

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* 1986 births Living people Qatari male middle-distance runners Kenyan male middle-distance runners Olympic male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Qatar Kenyan emigrants to Qatar Naturalised citizens of Qatar Qatari people of Kenyan descent {{Qatar-athletics-bio-stub