# Fartun Abukar Omar (Fartuun Abuukar Cumar)

> Fartun Abukar Omar (born 1986): Somali sprinter at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

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## Who is she?

Fartun Abukar Omar is a Somali athlete born on 3 August 1986 ([Wikipedia, Fartun Abukar Omar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartun_Abukar_Omar)).

## Athens 2004

She represented Somalia at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, when the country had been without a national government for thirteen years ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartun_Abukar_Omar)). Aged 18, she ran the women's 100 metres and set a personal best of 14.29 seconds (same source). ESPN noted that she was the first Muslim woman to represent Somalia at any Olympic Games (same source).

## In short

A Somali sprinter who ran at the 2004 Olympics as the first Muslim woman to compete for Somalia.

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