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Ayanleh Souleiman (Ayaanle Saleebaan)
Ayanleh Souleiman (born 3 December 1992), also known as Hassan Ayanleh, is a Djiboutian middle-distance runner. He won bronze in the 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, holds Djibouti's records at several distances including 3:29.58 for 1500 metres, and set an indoor world record for 1000 metres in Stockholm in 2016.
Who is he?
Ayanleh Souleiman, also known as Hassan Ayanleh, is a Djiboutian middle-distance runner born on 3 December 1992 who specialises in the 1500 metres (Wikipedia, Ayanleh Souleiman). See Somalis in Djibouti.
Career
In 2011 he won the 1500 metres at the Pan Arab Games in Doha, his country's first medal at those games (Wikipedia). In 2012 he was fifth at the World Indoor Championships and won silver at the African Championships (same source). In August 2013 he won bronze in the 1500 metres at the World Championships in Moscow (same source).
In 2014 he won the Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon in 3:47.32 (same source). In 2016 he set an indoor world record of 2:14.20 for 1000 metres in Stockholm, and a Diamond League record for the distance later that year (same source). He competed at the 2016 Olympics (same source).
His Djiboutian records include 1:42.97 for 800 metres and 3:29.58 for 1500 metres (same source).
In short
A Djiboutian miler who won world championship bronze in 2013 and set an indoor world record in 2016.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Ayanleh Souleiman · en.wikipedia.org
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