Zourah Ali also known as Souhra Ali Mohamed (born 23 November 1994) is a

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an runner. She competed in the

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and

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Career

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the

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event, which she completed in 1:05.37 minutes. She did not place high enough in her heat to be qualified to the semifinals as she finished in 44th place and with the second slowest time in that race. After the Olympics, Zourah was sponsored by the Republican Guard, which is the branch of military that guards the president. Zourah was the only female athlete for the Republican Guard for a period of time, but with the addition of athletes such as Kadra Mohamed Dembil, they expanded their female team. She was the

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for Djibouti at the opening ceremony. She participated at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, and

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in Doha, 2017 Pan Arab Games in Baku, 2019 Arab Championships in Cairo, and 2019 African Games in Rabat. She again competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the

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event.

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* 1994 births Living people Djiboutian female sprinters Djiboutian female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Djibouti Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Djibouti African Games competitors for Djibouti Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games People from Ali Sabieh Region Olympic female sprinters {{Djibouti-athletics-bio-stub