Umar Osman (born 2003) is a Malaysian sprinter. He is the current Malaysian

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outdoor record holder with a time of 46.09 seconds.

Early life and education

Umar was born at

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, Malaysia. Umar currently studies industrial design at Ibrahim Sultan Polytechnic at Pasir Gudang, Malaysia.

Career

Umar trained under Simon Lau and qualified for the

2023 SEA Games , Romanization of Khmer#UNGEGN, UNGEGN: ''Keila Rôs Knŏng Sântĕphéap'') , nations = 11 , athletes = 6,210 , events = 580 in 36 sports , opening = 5 May 2023 , closing = 17 May 2023 , opened_by = Hun Sen , ...

. On his first SEA Games' participation, Umar won the gold medal in the men's 400m event and broke Malaysia's 400m national record. Umar also won the bronze medal in the men's 4x400m event with Firdaus Zemi, Ruslem Zikry Putra Roseli and Tharshan Shanmugam with a time of 3mins 8.82s. Following the SEA Games, Umar was unable to train regularly under Lau as Lau moved to Singapore as chief coach for the Singapore Sports School. Umar joined Zoom Club in Singapore to participate in competitions held in Singapore and was paid to represent the club. In July 2023, Umar failed to qualify for the finals of the

2023 Asian Athletics Championships The 2023 Asian Athletics Championships is the 25 th edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 12 to 16 July 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. It is the first time that Thailand hosted this event since 1973. Held at the Supachalasai ...

in the men's 400m event after clocking 46.42 seconds in the semi-finals.

References

{{Authority control Living people 2003 births Malaysian male sprinters SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in athletics