Abdirahman Saeed Hassan

Qatari athlete (born 1997)

800 metres
1500 metres

Abdirahman Saeed Hassan (born April 13, 1997) is a Qatari athlete who specializes in the 800m and 1500m.^[1]

Abdirahman Saeed Hassan gained his first experience in international championships at the 2019 Asian Championships in Doha, where he finished fourth over 800 meters in 1:47.71 minutes. In the 1500m, he also qualified for and ran in the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha.^[2]

In May 2021, Hassan met the qualifying standard and secured a spot at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the men's 1,500m event with a personal best in 3:34.24 for a second-place finish at the Enrique López Cuenca Stadium in Nerja, Malaga.^[3] He competed at the Olympics however did not finish his race.^[4]^[5]

Personal bests

Outdoor

800 metres – 1:45.33 (Marseille 2021)
1500 metres – 3:34.24 (Nerja 2021)

Indoor

1500 metres – 3:44.85 (Luxembourg 2020)

References

^ "Abdirahman Saeed HASSAN | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
^ Sports, Alkass. "IAAF WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 7". www.alkassdigital.net.
^ "Gulftimes : Qatar's Abdirahman Hassan qualifies for Olympics". m.gulf-times.com. May 13, 2021.
^ "Abdirahman Saeed HASSAN | Profile | World Athletics".
^ "Athletics Hassan Abdirahman Saeed". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.