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Omar Moussa Bouh
Omar Moussa Bouh (born 8 February 1961) is a Djiboutian marathon runner. He won silver at the 1983 Arab Championships, ran the marathon at the 1988 and 1996 Olympics, finished fourth at the 1994 Francophone Games, and ran a personal record of 2:13:57 in 1994.
Who is he?
Omar Moussa Bouh, also spelled Omar Musa, is a Djiboutian long-distance runner who specialised in the marathon, born on 8 February 1961 (Wikipedia, Omar Moussa (runner)).
Results
- 1983 Arab Championships, Amman: marathon silver (Wikipedia).
- 1986: third at the Montreal marathon and fifth at the Paris Marathon; runner-up at the first Lille Marathon (same source).
- 1988 Seoul Olympics: 49th in the marathon (same source).
- 1989 World Marathon Cup: 46th in 2:19:18 (same source).
- 1994: personal best of 2:13:57, and fourth at the Francophone Games, under three minutes behind bronze medallist Omar Abdillahi Charmarke (same source).
- 1996 Atlanta Olympics: started the marathon but did not finish (same source).
In short
One of Djibouti's leading marathon runners of the 1980s and 1990s, and a two-time Olympian.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Omar Moussa (runner) · en.wikipedia.org
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