Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily ( ar, هادي صوعان الصميلي, born December 30, 1976, in

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) is a Saudi Arabian athlete. He won the first Saudi silver medal in the Olympics in the

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, clocking a personal best time of 47.53 seconds in 2000 in Sydney. US sprinter

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won the race and the gold medal in 47.50 seconds.

Competition record

References

* 1976 births Living people Saudi Arabian male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Saudi Arabia Olympic silver medalists for Saudi Arabia Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games People from Taif Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Asian Games gold medalists for Saudi Arabia Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Saudi Arabia Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics {{SaudiArabia-athletics-bio-stub