Al Mustafa Riyadh
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Bahrain |
Born | Morocco | 15 August 1975
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | Marathon: 2:11:41 |
Al Mustafa Riyadh (Arabic: رياض المصطفى; born August 5, 1975 in Morocco) is a Bahraini marathon runner of Moroccan origin.[1] Riyadh represented Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon, along with his compatriots Abdulhak Zakaria, and Nasar Sakar Saeed. Unfortunately, he was unable to finish the entire race for the second time since he did the same fate at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2]
Riyadh also achieved his personal best time of 2:11:41, by winning the bronze medal at the 2008 Düsseldorf Marathon.[3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Al Mustafa Riyadh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ "Yator and Kraus battle the heat to take the Düsseldorf Marathon – German News Round-up". IAAF. 5 May 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
External links
- IAAF profile for Al Mustafa Riyadh
- NBC Olympics Profile
Categories:
- Bahraini long-distance runners
- Moroccan marathon runners
- Living people
- Olympic athletes of Bahrain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Naturalized citizens of Bahrain
- 1975 births
- Bahraini people of Moroccan descent
- Moroccan long-distance runners
- Male long-distance runners
- Male marathon runners
- Moroccan sportsmen
- Bahraini sportsmen
- Moroccan emigrants to Bahrain
- Asian athletics biography stubs
- Bahraini sportspeople stubs
- Moroccan athletics biography stubs