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Suldan Hassan (Suldaan Xasan)
Suldan Hassan (born 1 April 1998 in Somalia) is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner. Blind in one eye since an accident at four, he moved to Sweden at eleven, began running at fifteen, won the Swedish 5000 metres title in 2019, and ran the marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics after setting a Swedish record of 2:07:36.
Who is he?
Suldan Hassan is a Somali-Swedish athlete born in Somalia on 1 April 1998 (Wikipedia, 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.
Career
He won the 5000 metres at the 2019 Swedish Championships (Wikipedia). 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.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Suldan Hassan · en.wikipedia.org
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