# Kadra Mohamed Dembil

> Kadra Mohamed Dembil (b.1997): Djiboutian runner from Ali Sabieh, Rio 2016 Olympian.

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## Who is she?

Kadra Mohamed Dembil is a Somali Djiboutian middle-distance runner, born on 22 April 1997, who lives in Ali Sabieh ([Wikipedia, Kadra Mohamed Dembil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadra_Mohamed_Dembil)).

## Training

In 2012 she joined the club Girls Run 2, which paid for her running equipment, transport to races in the capital and school costs ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadra_Mohamed_Dembil)). Her gym had a track, hurdles and weights made from powdered-milk tins filled with cement (same source). During the 2013–14 season she was offered a job with the Republican Guard, the unit that guards Djibouti's president, and finished the season with its team (same source).

## Youth Olympics and Rio

She was sent to the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing to run the 2000 m steeplechase, a race she had never run ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadra_Mohamed_Dembil)). Because water is scarce in Djibouti, the water pit was first filled with cushions for training (same source). She ran 7:07 in the first heat, 50 seconds faster than her previous best, and finished 14th overall after a fall in the second heat (same source). At the 2016 Rio Olympics she ran the 1500 metres in 4:42.67 and did not reach the semi-finals (same source). See [Zourah Ali](/en/people/zourah-ali/).

## In short

A runner from Ali Sabieh who went from cushion-filled water pits to the Youth Olympics and Rio 2016.

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