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Hussein Ahmed Salah (Xuseen Axmed Salaax)
Hussein Ahmed Salah is a Djiboutian former marathon runner who won bronze at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the only Olympic medal ever won by a Djiboutian. He also won silver at the 1987 and 1991 World Championships and the 1985 World Marathon Cup, and his 2:07:07 from Rotterdam in 1988 remains Djibouti's national record.
Who is he?
Hussein Ahmed Salah is a Djiboutian former long-distance runner (Wikipedia, Hussein Ahmed Salah). He is the only athlete from Djibouti to win an Olympic medal (same source). See Somalis in Djibouti.
Career
He won the 1985 IAAF World Marathon Cup, was second at the New York Marathon in 1985, and won the Paris Marathon in 1986 (Wikipedia). He won silver in the marathon at the 1987 and 1991 World Championships (same source).
In April 1988 he ran 2:07:07 for second place at the Rotterdam Marathon, faster than the world record of the time (same source). That year he won bronze in the marathon at the Seoul Olympics (same source). His 2:07:07 is still Djibouti's national record, and he also holds the national 10,000 metres record (same source).
In short
Djibouti's only Olympic medallist, a marathoner who won bronze in Seoul in 1988.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Hussein Ahmed Salah · en.wikipedia.org
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