Ali Hasan Mahboob
Ali Hasan Mahboob (birth name Silas Kirui ; * December 31, 1981 ) is a Bahraini long-distance runner of Kenyan origin.
In 2004 he finished second in the Lille half marathon , and in 2005 he won the Prague half marathon .
With a new name and nationality, he won gold over 10,000 m at the Asian Games in Doha the following year . It was his first ever competition on an arena .
At the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships he took bronze over the same distance, and at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he came in 18th.
In 2009 he defended his title over 10,000 m at the Asian Championships and won silver over 5,000 m . At the beginning of the following season he was sixth at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz .
Personal bests
- 3000 m : 7: 44.99 min, July 16, 2008, Liège
- 5000 m: 13: 18.98 min, July 20, 2008, Heusden-Zolder
- 10,000 m: 27: 24.46 min, May 31, 2008, Neerpelt (Bahraini record)
- Half marathon : 1:01:07 h, April 2, 2005, Prague
Web links
- Hasan Mahboob in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Kirui sets new course record in Prague ( Memento of April 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive ). April 2, 2005
- ^ IAAF: Kirui in new guise of Mahboob springs a surprise in Doha ( Memento of December 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). December 10, 2006
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| SURNAME | Mahboob, Ali Hasan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kirui, Silas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bahraini long distance runner of Kenyan origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1981 |