Abdul Buhari (born 26 June 1982) is a British

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who competes in the discus throw. He was born in Nigeria.

Education

Buhari was educated at two state schools in London: at ''Millbank Primary School'', a state primary school in the

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of the

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, and the ''

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'', a selective boys' state secondary school in the

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Athletics career

Buhari is a member of the

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club and is coached by Mark Wiseman. He works two days a week in the

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, in operations support for investment bank

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and spends the rest of the week training in Loughborough. Buhari missed the

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due to injury. In 2011 he set a new personal best distance of . He won the UK Trials and Championships with a throw of , qualifying for the 2011 World Championships, held in

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, South Korea in the process. At the Championships he had a best throw of in the qualifying round, finishing 30th out of the competing athletes and failing to advance to the final. Buhari represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the

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, Finland, but failed to reach the discus final. At the 2012 GB Olympic Athletics Trials on 24 June in

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, Buhari finished third with a best throw of ;

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won the event with a throw of , securing automatic selection for the 2012 Olympics, and Brett Morse finished second with a best of . In July 2012 he achieved the Olympic 'A' qualifying standard with a throw of at a meeting in

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, London. Buhari was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's discus alongside compatriots Lawrence Okoye and Brett Morse. The event was held at the

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on 6–7 August and Buhari finished in 29th, missing out on the final.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buhari, Abdul 1982 births Living people British male discus throwers Nigerian male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Nigerian emigrants to the United Kingdom