Khalid Kamal Yaseen

Khalid Kamal Yaseen (born 10 October 1982) is a Bahraini long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.

He was born in Kenya as Peter Ndegwa, but changed name and nationality in 2005.[1] He won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games. He finished 29th at the 2007 World Championships, 39th at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships and 40th at the 2007 World Championships.[2] He won the Madrid Marathon in 2009.[3]

His personal best times are 28:10.89 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Neerpelt; 1:02:35 hours in the half marathon, achieved in April 2005 in Manama; and 2:11:43 hours in the marathon, achieved in May 2008 in Düsseldorf.[2]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Bahrain
2006 Asian Games Doha, Qatar 2nd Marathon 2:15:36
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 29th Marathon 2:26:32
Pan Arab Games Cairo, Egypt 5th Half marathon 1:05.33
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 40th Marathon 2:20:11
2010 West Asian Championships Aleppo, Syria 2nd Half marathon 1:02:27
Asian Games Guangzhou, China 5th Marathon 2:15:52
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea – Marathon DNF
Pan Arab Games Doha, Qatar 2nd Half marathon 1:04:31

References

  1. ↑ Valiente, Emeterio (26 April 2009). "Yaseen and Sizmaz are successful at Madrid Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 Khalid Kamal Yaseen at World Athletics
  3. ↑ Valiente, Emeterio (2009-04-26). Yaseen and Sizmaz are successful at Madrid Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-29.
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