Mustafa Hassan Mohamed ( so, Mustafa Xasan Maxamed, ar, مصطفى حسن محمد) (born 1 March 1979) is a
Swedish long-distance runner
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength.
Within endurance running comes two d ...
who mainly competes in the
3000 meter steeplechase
The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the ...
.
Personal life
Mohamed was born in 1979 in
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...
,
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
. He later moved to
Sweden
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at the age of 11, eventually becoming a Swedish citizen. He presently lives in
Lysekil
Lysekil () is a locality and the seat of Lysekil Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had about 7,600 inhabitants in 2018. Situated on the south tip of Stångenäs peninsula at the mouth of Gullmarn fjord, it has two nature reserve ...
.
Athletic career
Having finished eighth for Sweden at the 1998
World Junior Championships, Mohamed progressed significantly over the next few years. In 2003, he lowered his personal best time from 8:32 to 8:23 in the 3000 meter steeplechase. He later ran the event in 8:18.05 minutes at the
2004 Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
.
Mohamed reached the podium three times at the
Nordic Cross Country Championships: first winning a bronze in the men's junior race at the inaugural edition in 1997, then going on to win a
silver medal
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in the senior race in 2003, and finally taking the
gold
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in 2006. He won at the
Eurocross
Eurocross is an annual international cross country running competition which takes place in Diekirch, Luxembourg in February. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying events for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. I ...
meeting in 2006,
[Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2009-02-28)]
Eurocross 10.2 km (men) + 5.3 km (women)
Association of Road Racing Statisticians
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. Retrieved on 2010-03-01. and then went on to take a bronze medal at the
2006 European Cross Country Championships later in the year.
At the
2005 World Championships, Mohamed finished tenth. He improved upon that the following year in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropolita ...
with a time of 8:14.67. A month later in August 2006, he finished fourth at the
2006 European Athletics Championships
The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...
.
On 28 July 2007, Mohamed posted a time of 8:05.75, thereby beating the 31-year-old
Swedish record. Later that season, he finished fourth in the
2007 World Championships.
On 21 June 2009, Mohamed competed in and took home gold at the 1st SPAR European Team Championships in
Leiria
Leiria (; cel-x-proto, ɸlāryo) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own dist ...
,
Portugal
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.
At the 2010
Swedish Athletics Championships, he completed a triple long-distance victory by winning the 3000 m steeplechase,
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 stand ...
, and
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 ...
. This made him only the second man to complete the feat, after
Dan Glans' 1976 wins.
In 2012, Mohamed made his debut over the
marathon
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...
distance at the
Hamburg Marathon
The Hamburg Marathon (german: Hamburg-Marathon) is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of held in Hamburg, Germany. In 2009, 13,938 participants were counted. The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athle ...
. He finished in the top ten with a time of 2:12:28 hours.
[Butcher, Pat (2012-04-29)]
Dawit again sub-2:06 as course records tumble in Hamburg
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-01.
In 2020, he beat the 36-year-old
Swedish record on marathon by running on 2:10:03 in
Sevilla
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsu ...
.
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1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Mogadishu
Somalian male long-distance runners
Somalian male marathon runners
Swedish male long-distance runners
Swedish male marathon runners
Swedish male steeplechase runners
Olympic athletes of Sweden
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Sweden
Somalian emigrants to Sweden
Swedish people of Somali descent