Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad

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Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad ( Arabic دحلان جمعان الحمد, DMG Daḥlān Ǧumʿān al-Ḥamad ; Born January 18, 1957 ) is a Qatari sports official and has been President of the Asian Athletics Federation since 2013 .

biography

Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad completed a financial degree in the United States, from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree. He also received two master's degrees in management and military science, both in the United States.

In addition to Arabic, al-Hamad speaks English, is married and has five children.

Sporty functions

Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad took over his first sport-political function in 1988 as chairman of the GCC Athletics, which he held until 2000. In 1996 he was elected President of the Qatari Athletics Federation until 2008 , and has been doing this again since 2012. He was last elected in 2019 for a four-year term. He was also Secretary General of the Qatari Olympic Committee between 1999 and 2001 and part of the Marketing Committee of the World Athletics Federation (IAAF) from 1999 to 2003 . He has also been President of the Qatari Military Sports Association since 1998. In the course of several major sporting events since the turn of the millennium, al-Hamad was mostly in the organizational team and a. for the Asian Games 2006 and for the Gymnasium 2009.

In 2003 he took on several functions at the world association, including membership in the marketing and development department and the council. In 2007 he was elected Vice-President under the then President Lamine Diack , and still holds this office to this day. In 2013 he became president of the Asian Athletics Federation , replacing the Indian Suresh Kalmadi , who had resigned from his offices due to corruption allegations surrounding the awarding of the 2010 Commonwealth Games . Since 2016 the chairman for youth engagement and social media of the world association. As part of the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha , he is Vice President and Secretary General of the Organizing Committee.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Qatar Olympic Committee: Dahlan al-Hamad re-elected President of Asian Athletics Association, April 21, 2019
  2. ↑ indiatimes.com: I have no issues with today's loss: Suresh Kalmadi, July 1, 2013, accessed: June 12, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Hamad, Dahlan Jumaan al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Qatari sports official
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1957