Salem Amer Al-Badri (birth name Moses Chirchir; born 12 December 1985 in

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

) is a retired

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 ...

who competed internationally for

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

mostly in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

event. He jointly holds the Asian record in the rarely contested

4 × 800 metres relay The 4 × 800 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 800 metres or 2 laps on a standard 400 metre track. The IAAF ratifies world records in the event and it became a world championship ev ...

. His 800 metres personal bests are 1:45.45 seconds outdoors and 1:50.93 indoors, both set in 2006.

Competition record

References

1985 births Living people Qatari male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Kenyan emigrants to Qatar Naturalised citizens of Qatar Qatari people of Kenyan descent Asian Games competitors for Qatar {{Qatar-athletics-bio-stub