Yousuf Othman Qader ( ar, يوسف عثمان قادر; born April 5, 1985) is a
Qatari marathon runner. Qader represented
Qatar at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing, where he competed for the
men's marathon, along with his compatriot
Mubarak Shami
Mubarak Hassan Shami ( ar, مبارك حسن شامي, born Richard Yatich on December 1, 1980) is a Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner. He specializes in half marathon and marathon races.
Biography
Shami won the Baringo Half Marathon, a rac ...
. He finished the race in sixty-fourth place by fourteen seconds behind Guatemala's Alfredo Arévalo, with a time of 2:28:40.
Qader also achieved his personal best time of 2:13:18 at the 2007
Hamburg Marathon.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Qatari male marathon runners
Living people
Olympic athletes for Qatar
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
1985 births
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