Adnan Taess Akkar

Adnan Taess Akkar
Full name	Adnan Taess Akkar Al-Mntfage
nation	Iraq
birthday	24th March 1980 (age 40)
place of birth	Wasit , Iraq
size	173 cm
Weight	68 kg
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
Trainer	Raheem Khalaf
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games 1 × 1 × 1 × Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 0 × 0 × 2 × Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 1 × Indoor Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Asian Games silver Guangzhou 2010 800 m gold Incheon 2014 800 m bronze Incheon 2014 1500 m Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games bronze Hanoi 2009 800 m bronze Ashgabat 2017 1500 m Asian Championships silver Incheon 2005 1500 m bronze Guangzhou 2009 800 m Indoor Asian Championships silver Hangzhou 2012 800 m
last change: July 22, 2020

Adnan Taess Akkar al-Mntfage ( Arabic عدنان طعيس عكار المنتفقي, DMG ʿAdnān Ṭaʿīs ʿAkkār al-Muntafiqī ; * March 24, 1980 in Wasit ) is an Iraqi middle-distance runner .

Athletic career

Adnan Taess Akkar gained his first experience in international championships at the first Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran in 2004 , where he finished fifth over 1500 meters and eleventh place over 3000 meters. In 2005 he took fifth place over 800 meters and seventh place over 1500 meters at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Mecca . In addition, he took fourth place with the Iraqi 4 x 400 meter relay. At the Asian Championships in Incheon , South Korea , he won the silver medal over 1500 meters and was sixth over 800 meters. A year later he was ninth over 1500 meters at the Asian Indoor Championships in Pattaya . In 2009 he won the bronze medal in the 800-meter run at the Indoor Asian Games in Hanoi and had to stop his 1500-meter run prematurely. At the Asian Championships in Guangzhou , he also won bronze over 800 meters and finished seventh over 1500 meters. In addition, he reached fifth place with the Iraqi relay.

In 2010 he won the silver medal 800 meters at the Asian Games in Guangzhou and finished eleventh over 1500 meters. In 2011 he won the bronze medal over 800 meters at the Pan-Arab Championships in Doha and had to stop his run over 1500 meters again. In 2012 he won the silver medal over 800 meters at the Asian Indoor Championships in Hangzhou , setting a new Iraqi indoor record in this discipline. He also qualified for the Olympic Games in London , where he was eliminated in the first round . In 2013 he finished seventh over 800 meters and eleventh place over 1500 meters at the Arab Championships in Doha. At the Asian Championships in Pune , he was surprisingly eliminated in the 800 meter run. At the Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang he reached seventh place over 1500 meters.

In 2014 he won the gold medal over 800 meters and bronze over 1500 meters at the Asian Games in Incheon. In 2015 he qualified for the World Championships in Beijing , where he was eliminated over 800 meters in the preliminary run . In 2016 he took part in the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha over 1500 meters and could not finish his race there. At the Asian Championships 2017 in Bhubaneswar he finished fourth over 1500 meters and won the bronze medal in this discipline at the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat in early September . In 2018 he was registered to take part in the Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran , but could not finish his 1500 meter race. At the end of August he took part again in the Asian Games in Jakarta , where he finished seventh over 1500 meters in 3: 49.02 minutes.

In 2012 and 2019 Akkar was Iraqi champion in the 800-meter run and in 2012 also over 1500 meters.

Personal bests

• 400 meters: 49.35 s on July 21, 2012 in Barcelona
• 800 meters: 1: 45.88 min, November 25, 2010 in Guangzhou ( Iraqi record )
  • 800 meters (hall): 1: 49.42 min, February 19, 2012 in Hangzhou ( Iraqi record )
• 1500 meters: 3: 42.50 min, September 29, 2014 in Incheon ( Iraqi record )
  • 1500 meters (hall): 3: 44.38 min, February 18, 2009 in Stockholm ( Iraqi record )
  • 3000 meters (hall): 9: 03.36 min, February 7, 2004 in Tehran ( Iraqi record )

Web links

• Adnan Taess Akkar in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Adnan Taess Akkar in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Records and rules broken in 800m finals at Asian Games ( English ) IAAF. October 1, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2018.