Zamzam Mohamed Farah

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Zamzam Mohamed Farah athletics
nation SomaliaSomalia Somalia
birthday March 19, 1991
place of birth Mogadishu ,  SomaliaSomaliaSomalia 
Career
discipline sprint
Best performance 400 m: 80.48 s (2012)
status resigned

Zamzam Mohamed Farah (born March 19, 1991 in Mogadishu ) is a Somali athlete who specializes in the 400 m . She was one of only two Somali athletes in the 2012 Summer Olympics .

Career

Farah was inspired to start running by Mo Farah, a British Somali athlete. She competed in the London 2012 Olympics at the age of 18 , where she competed in the 400m. She was also the flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics . The facilities in which she was trained lacked adequate equipment. To prepare for the Olympic Games, she and her teammates trained outdoors, where they could temporarily avoid the bullets. Their running route was called "the road of death".

Farah ran the 400m in a time of 1: 20.48 minutes, about 30 seconds behind the winner of her run. She finished the race as the slowest athlete on the first lap, finishing 45th out of 49, just ahead of participants who either didn't start, didn't finish or were disqualified. She fasted while competing in London.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she received multiple death threats through Facebook and other communication channels for exposing herself. Although the threats were worrying, she did not apply for asylum , some news outlets reported.

Farah's initiative to take part in the London Olympics was not about winning, but about sending the message to the world that, regardless of what happened there, Somalia is still alive. Your presence at the Olympics is also intended to empower other women, especially Somali women.

Quotes

"The most important thing is being able to carry the Somali flag with 203 other countries in the Olympics. That in itself is success."

"Somalia is not dead. It's alive."

"I am not going there to win, but for pride ... I will be representing my flag, my soil and its people."

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Somalia: Zamzam Mohamed Farah makes nation proud .
  2. ↑ Idil Osman: Viewpoint: Can the Mo Farah effect help Somalis and Somalia? . BBC.
  3. ↑ Laura Yuen: In London, a Somali woman runs for her country . The Cities.
  4. ↑ Zamzam Mohamed Farah . London2012.com. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
  5. ↑ a b Somali Olympians deny seeking asylum over threats . BBC World.
personal data
SURNAME Farah, Zamzam Mohamed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Somali athlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Mogadishu , Somalia