# Suldan Hassan (Suldaan Xasan)

> Suldan Hassan (born 1998): Somali-Swedish marathon runner and Swedish record holder at Paris 2024.

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## Who is he?

Suldan Hassan is a Somali-Swedish athlete born in Somalia on 1 April 1998 ([Wikipedia, Suldan Hassan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suldan_Hassan)). He lost the sight of one eye in an accident at the age of four (same source). He moved to Sweden at eleven, took up long-distance running at fifteen, and became a Swedish citizen in 2015 (same source). See [Somalis in Sweden](/en/diaspora/sweden/).

## Career

He won the 5000 metres at the 2019 Swedish Championships ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suldan_Hassan)). He qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics with a Swedish marathon record of 2:07:36 and finished 28th in the race (same source).

## In short

A Somali-born Swedish runner who set a national marathon record and ran at Paris 2024.

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