Abdullah Abkar Mohammed
Abdullah Abkar Mohammed 
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| birthday | 1st January 1997 (age 23) | ||||||
| place of birth | Saudi Arabia | ||||||
| size | 172 cm | ||||||
| Weight | 73 kg | ||||||
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| discipline | 100 meter run | ||||||
| Best performance | 10.03 s 
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| status | active | ||||||
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| last change: October 26, 2018 | |||||||
Abdullah Abkar Mohammed ( Arabic عبد الله أبكر محمد, DMG ʿAbd Allāh Abkar Muḥammad ; * January 1, 1997 ) is a Saudi sprinter who specializes in the 100-meter run .
Athletic career
Abdullah Abkar Mohammed gained his first international experience at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland , where he made it to the semi-finals in the 60-meter run and was eliminated there with 6.68 seconds. He then won the bronze medal over 100 meters at the Junior Asian Championships in Ho Chi Minh City in 10.45 s and was eliminated in the first round in the 200-meter run . He also qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he was eliminated in the first round in 10.26 s . The following year he reached the semi-finals over 100 meters at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku and took sixth place with the Saudi 4 x 100 meter relay. He then won the Arab Championships in Radès in 10.19 s and thus qualified for the World Championships in London , where he was eliminated with 10.31 s in the lead . In September he reached the final over 60 meters at the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat , but was disqualified there, as well as in the run-up to the 4 x 400 meter relay.
In 2018 he again took part in the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham , where he was eliminated again in the semi-finals with 6.63 s. At the end of August he took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the first time , where he finished fourth in 10.10 s.
Mohammed is a student at King Saud University in Riyadh .
Personal bests
- 100 meters: 10.03 s (+1.2 m / s), June 30, 2018 in Paris ( Saudi record )
- 60 meters (hall): 6.60 s on February 3, 2018 in New York City
- 200 meters: 20.90 s (+1.3 m / s), April 21, 2018 in Torrance
Web links
- Abdullah Mohammed Abkar in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Abdullah Abkar Mohammed in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Mohammed, Abdullah Abkar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saudi sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1997 |