Safia Abukar Hussein

Safia Abukar Hussein (* 1981 ) is a former Somali sprinter.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , she started for her country in the 400 m run. With a time of 1: 13.25 she was only sixth of her prelim and was eliminated in the first round. She was the first female starter for her country in the Olympics.

Web links

Safia Abukar Hussein in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ In the Olympic database January 1, 1981 is given as the date of birth. However, this date is also often used by athletes for whom only the year of birth is known. The reason is usually some kind of automatic calculation function for the age that requires a current date.
↑ Index on London2012.com ( Memento from September 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Hussein, Safia Abukar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hussein, Safia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Somali sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH	1981

[1] In the Olympic database January 1, 1981 is given as the date of birth. However, this date is also often used by athletes for whom only the year of birth is known. The reason is usually some kind of automatic calculation function for the age that requires a current date.

[2] Index on London2012.com ( Memento from September 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )