Oumar Doudai Abakar
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| Nationality | Qatari | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m hurdles: 7.66 (2025) NR 110m hurdles: 13.37 (2025) NR | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oumar Doudai Abakar (born 1 January 2005) is a Qatari hurdler. He is the national record holder over 110 metres hurdles and 60 metres hurdles.[1]
Biography
He was a silver medalist in the 110m hurdles at both the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships.[2] He won a bronze medal with the Qatari 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2023 Asian Championships.[3]
He won the gold medal at the 2024 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in a championship record time.[4] He competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[5] He ended 2024 as the sixth fastest under-20 athlete over 110m hurdles.[6]
He competed in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing where he set a new national record of 7.66 seconds whilst placing fourth in his semi-final.[7][8] He finished sixth in the 110m hurdles in May 2025 at the 2025 Doha Diamond League.[9] He set a new Qatari national record of 13.37 seconds for the 100 metres hurdles in Berlin in July 2025.[10] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in the men's 110 metres hurdles in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025.[11]
Competing in July 2026, he won the bronze medal in the 100 m hurdles at the inaugural Asian U23 Athletics Championships held in Ordos, China.[12]
Personal life
His brother Ismail Abakar is also a hurdler.[13]
References
- ↑ "Oumar Doudai Abakar". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "Oumar wins silver as Qatar finish with six medals". Gulf Times. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "Asian Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ "Asian juniors are progressing in a good way". Athletics Podium. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "Farkas flies to national U20 long jump record on third morning in Lima". World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "A stunning time set at Aspire Academy". Gulf Times. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Abakar to represent Qatar at World Indoor Athletics". Olympic.qa. March 20, 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "Results - Doha Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ↑ "ISTAF 2025". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ↑ "Davronova and Fahmi among inaugural Asian U23 champions". World Athletics. 12 July 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "ASPIRE ACADEMY'S OUMAR DOUDAI ABAKAR WINS SILVER AT ASIAN U20 ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Aspire.qa. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2025.