Abbas Abubakar Abbas

Abbas Abubakar Abbas (Arabic: عباس أبو بكر عباس; born 17 May 1996) is a Nigerian-born Bahraini athlete sprinter who competes internationally for Bahrain. He was the silver medallist in the 400 metres at the 2014 Asian Games. He has a personal best of 44.90 seconds for the event.

Abbas Abubakar Abbas
Personal information
NationalityBahraini
Born (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996
Kano, Nigeria
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryBahrain
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Bahrain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Doha4×400 m mixed
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2014 Incheon400 m

Career

Born in Kano State, Nigeria, he first established himself at the national level with a runner-up finish over 400 metres at the 2012 Nigerian National Sports Festival, finishing behind Orukpe Erayokan.[1] Less than a month later the 16-year-old Nigerian opted to compete for Bahrain, changing his eligibility to the Middle-East state.[2]

Abbas made his debut for his adopted nation the following year at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics. Running in the 400 m, he managed a personal best in the qualifiers with a time of 46.85 seconds.[3] In the final he originally finished in third place, but was disqualified for a lane infraction.[4] He completed a 200 m/400 m double at the West Asian Youth Athletics Championships three months later.[2]

At the start of following track season he was a double medallist at the Arab Junior Athletics Championships, winning the 200 m and placing second in a Bahraini 1–2 of the 400 m, behind Ali Khamis Abbas. He ran two personal bests in those events at the Plovdiv Memorial Vulpev-Bakchevanov that July, timing 21.25 seconds and 45.93 seconds, respectively. At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics he was a 400 m finalist and despite a slow start managed to take the bronze medal – his first global podium finish.[5] He rose among the senior elite runners at the 2014 Asian Games: two Bahraini junior records came in the qualifiers, first a run of 45.61, then one of 45.17 seconds.[6] He was beaten Youssef Masrahi in the final by over a second, but was still a clear second to take the silver medal at the age of 18.[7] His best time that year ranked him the second fastest junior 400 m runner for the season, just behind world junior champion Machel Cedenio.[8]

Personal bests

References
  1. Eduzor, Ifeanyi (7 December 2012). National Sports Festival Eko 2012: Ereyokan revels in 400m win[Usurped!]. National Mirror. Retrieved on 2014-09-29.
  2. Abbas Abubaker. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 29 September 2014.
  3. Abubakar Abbas. IAAF. Retrieved on 29 September 2014.
  4. 2013 World Youth Championships Boy's 400 metres final. IAAF. Retrieved on 29 September 2014.
  5. Morse, Parker (25 July 2014). Report: men's 400m – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-09-29.
  6. Minshull, Phil (27 September 2014). Mohammed gets the 2014 Asian Games athletics off to a historic start – UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-09-29.
  7. Minshull, Phil (28 September 2014). Ogunode sets area 100m record of 9.93 at the Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-09-29.
  8. 400 Metres – men – junior – outdoor – 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 29 September 2014.
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