Mohammed Othman Shaween (born 15 February 1986 in Jeddah) is a Saudi Arabian

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who specializes in the

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. He received a three-year ban from the sport for doping. He finished eighth at the 2005 Asian Championships (in 800 m), sixth at the

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and won the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Championships. He also competed in the 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without progressing to the second round. He won the gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games.

Personal bests

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- 1:48.51 min (2006) *

- 3:31.82 min (2011) *

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- 3:52.00 min (2011)

Doping

In November 2013 the Saudi Arabia Anti-Doping Committee announced that Shaween had received a three-year ban from the sport for doping after his

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had showed abnormalities. The ban ends 12 February 2016.

References

1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Jeddah Saudi Arabian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Saudi Arabia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Saudi Arabia Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Saudi Arabian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games {{saudiArabia-athletics-bio-stub