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Mukhtar Mohammed (Mukhtaar Maxamed)
Mukhtar Mohammed (born 1 December 1990 in Qoryoley) is a Somali-born British former 800 metres runner. He won bronze at the 2011 European Under-23 Championships and at the 2013 European Indoor Championships, and ran for Britain at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Mukhtar MohammedMukhtaar Maxamed
- Lived
- 1990-12-01 to today
- Known as one of
- Sport
- Places
- Marka and Lower Shabelle
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is he?
Mukhtar Mohammed is a Somali-born British former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres (Wikipedia, Mukhtar Mohammed). He was born in Qoryoley on 1 December 1990 and ran for Sheffield RC (same source). See Somalis in Sheffield.
Career
He won bronze in the 800 metres at the 2011 European Under-23 Championships (Wikipedia). In 2013 he won bronze at the European Indoor Championships (same source). He also ran at the 2012 European Championships, the 2014 World Indoor Championships, the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 European Indoor Championships (same source).
His best time was 1:45.67, set in London in July 2013 (same source). He was runner-up at the British championships three times from 2012 to 2014 (same source).
In short
A Qoryoley-born runner who won European medals for Britain in the 800 metres.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Mukhtar Mohammed · en.wikipedia.org
Mukhtar MohammedMukhtaar Maxamed
- Lived
- 1990-12-01 to today
- Known as one of
- Sport
- Places
- Marka and Lower Shabelle
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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