Ayanleh Souleiman

Ayanleh Souleiman
Ayanleh Souleiman in Stockholm 2015
Full name	Hassan Ayanleh Souleiman
nation	Djibouti
birthday	3rd December 1992 (age 27)
place of birth	Djibouti , Djibouti
size	190 cm
Weight	55 kg
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
society	police
Trainer	Jama Aden
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 0 × 1 × Indoor world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Africa Games 0 × 1 × 0 × African Championships 1 × 1 × 0 ×
World championships bronze Moscow 2013 800 m  Indoor world championships gold Sopot 2014 1500 m  Africa Games silver Rabat 2019 1500 m  African Championships silver Porto Novo 2012 1500 m gold Marrakech 2014 1500 m
last change: March 14, 2020

Hassan Ayanleh Souleiman ( Arabic أيانله سليمان; * December 3, 1992 in Djibouti ) is a Djiboutian middle -distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 meter distances .

Athletic career

Ayanleh Souleiman gained his first international experience in 2009 at the Youth World Championships in Brixen , where he was eliminated in the preliminary round in the 3000 meter run with 8: 31.83 minutes. He then took part in the Francophonie Games in Beirut over 1500 meters and reached tenth place there in 3: 57.40 minutes. In 2011 he finished ninth in the 1500 meter run at the Junior African Championships in Gaborone in 3: 46.51 minutes and was eliminated in the first round over 800 meters with 1: 51.78 minutes. He then took part in the Africa Games in Maputo for the first time and finished sixth over 1500 meters in 3: 44.77 minutes before winning the gold medal at the Pan-Arab Games in Doha in 3: 34.32 minutes. In 2012 he finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in 3: 47.35 minutes and won the silver medal behind Kenyan Caleb Ndiku in 3: 36.34 minutes at the African Championships in Porto-Novo . Souleiman was a member of the Djiboutian team for the Olympic Games in London , but did not appear there at short notice.

In 2013 Souleiman won the Arab Championships in Doha in 3: 39.44 minutes over 1500 meters and then took part in the World Championships in Moscow for the first time. There he reached the semi-finals over 1500 meters, in which he was eliminated with 3: 37.69 minutes. But he also took part in the 800-meter run and reached the final there, in which he surprisingly took the bronze medal with 1: 43.76 minutes behind the Ethiopian Mohammed Aman and Nick Symmonds from the United States. He then won the Francophonie Games in Nice over 1500 meters in 3: 57.35 minutes. The following year he reached the final of the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, and won in 3: 37.52 minutes. During the open-air season he climbed 1500 meters and ran at 3: 29.58 min at Herculis in Monaco . He then won the African Championships in Marrakech in 3: 42.49 minutes. He was also nominated for the Continental Cup there and also won there in 3: 48.91 minutes.

In 2015 he won the Arab Championships in Madinat Isa in the 5000 meter run in 13: 17.97 minutes and in July he climbed to 1: 42.97 minutes in third place in Monaco over 800 meters. At the World Championships in Beijing , he took part over 1500 meters, but could not finish his heat there. The following year he improved the indoor world record in Stockholm over the rarely run distance of 1000 meters to 2: 13.20 min, where he improved the old record of the Dane Wilson Kipketer of 2: 14.96 min over one second. he finished ninth in the World Indoor Championships in Portland in 3: 53.69 minutes. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he competed both over 800 and 1500 meters. Over 800 meters he was eliminated in the semifinals with a time of 1: 45.19 minutes and was fourth over the longer distance in 3: 50.29 minutes in the final . In the 2017 season Souleiman played comparatively few competitions and was eliminated from the World Championships in London with 3: 46.64 minutes in the lead-up .

In 2018 he took part in the African Championships in Asaba again and finished fourth there in 3: 37.18 minutes. The following year he won the Arab Championships in Cairo in 3: 43.84 minutes and then won the silver medal behind Kenyan George Manangoi in 3: 38.44 minutes at the African Games in Rabat . He qualified again for the World Championships in Doha, where he was eliminated this time with 3: 42.23 min in the semifinals .

In 2013 Souleiman secured the overall ranking of the IAAF Diamond League over 1500 meters.

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 1: 42.97 min, June 17, 2015 in Monaco (national record)
• 1000 meters 2: 13.49 min, August 25, 2016 in Lausanne (national record)
  • 1000 meters (hall): 2: 13.20 min, February 17, 2016 in Stockholm ( world record )
• 1500 meters: 3: 29.58 min, July 18, 2014 in Monaco (national record)
  • 1500 meters (hall): 3: 35.2 min, February 6, 2014 in Stockholm (national record)
• 1 mile : 3: 47.32 min, May 31, 2014 in Eugene (national record)
• 3000 meters: 7: 42.22 min, May 11, 2012 in Doha (national record )
  • 3000 meters (hall): 7: 39.81 min, February 10, 2013 in Gent (national record)
• 5000 meters: 13: 17.97 min, April 27, 2015 in Manama

Web links

Commons : Ayanleh Souleiman  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ayanleh Souleiman in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Ayanleh Souleiman in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Phil Minshull: Drouin gets first major international title at Francophone Games ( English ) IAAF. September 14, 2013. Accessed March 3, 2020.
2. ↑ Nicola Bamford: Report: men's 1500m final - Sopot 2014 ( English ) IAAF. March 8, 2014. Accessed March 3, 2020.
3. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Souleiman, Ndiku and Ahoure among winners on the final day of African Championships ( English ) IAAF. August 14, 2014. Accessed March 3, 2020.
4. ↑ Mike Rowbottom: Dibaba and Souleiman break world indoor records in Stockholm ( English ) IAAF. February 17, 2016. Accessed March 14, 2020.