Omar Juma Al-Salfa
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Born | 15 October 1989 | (age 32)|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Omar Jouma Bilal Al-Salfa, Arabic: عمر جمعة بلال السالفة, (born 15 October 1989) is a track and field athlete from the United Arab Emirates who competes in sprinting events. He was a gold medallist at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships and represented his country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
He made his first appearances at major competitions in 2007: he took the bronze medal over 200 metres at the Military World Games in October and then came fourth at the Pan Arab Games with a national record-breaking run of 20.94 seconds.[1][2] He turned to the indoor circuit at the start of the following season and came fourth at the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships with a national record of 6.81 seconds for the 60 metres.[3] He was selected for the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships and ran in the heats.
Outdoors he set a national junior record of 10.53 seconds to take the 100 metres title at that year's Arab Junior Championships that, and also went on to win the 200 m gold medal.[4] At the 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships he took the gold in the 200 m.[5] He reached the 200 m final at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and gained a place on the Olympic team for the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he competed in the heats stage of the event.[2][6]
He improved his 200 m record to 20.72 seconds with a win at the Gulf Championships in May 2009. He competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and reached the quarter-finals on his debut appearance at the competition. A fourth-place finish over 60 m at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games (with a personal best of 6.72 seconds) was followed by a bronze medal with the Emirati team in the 4×400 metres relay.[2] Al-Salfa won his first major senior title at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships, just dipping ahead of Shinji Takahira of Japan to win the Asian 200 m title.[7] In 2010 he made his first appearance on the IAAF Diamond League circuit running a wind-assisted 10.35 seconds in the 100 m at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha.[8] He claimed the 200 m bronze medal behind Nigerian-born Femi Ogunode and Japan's Kenji Fujimitsu at the 2010 Asian Games.[9]
Major competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2007 | Pan Arab Games | Cairo, Egypt | 4th | 200 m | 20.94 (NR) |
2008 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 4th | 60 m | 6.81 |
World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 28th (h) | 60 m | 6.88 | |
World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 7th | 200 m | 21.10 (wind: -0.9 m/s) | |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 40th (h) | 200 m | 21.00 | |
2009 | Asian Indoor Games | Hanoi, Vietnam | 4th | 60 m | 6.72 (NR) |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 25th (qf) | 200 m | 20.97 | |
Asian Championships | Guangzhou, China | 1st | 200 m | 21.07 | |
2010 | Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 3rd | 200 m | 20.83 |
2011 | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | 3rd | 200 m | 20.97 |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 48th (h) | 200 m | 21.45 | |
Pan Arab Games | Doha, Qatar | 5th | 100 m | 21.59 | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m | 40.15 |
References[]
- ^ Murali, Ram. Krishnan (2007-10-19). Vita Palamar dethrones Anna Chicherova – World Military Games, final day. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ a b c Omar Juma Al-Salfa. Tilastopaja Oy. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.
- ^ 2008 Asian Indoor Championships – Day One. Qatar Athletic. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.
- ^ Gomri, Slim (2008-06-24). Arab Junior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (200806-16). Koech completes double, China tops medal tally – Asian Junior champions final day. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ Omar Al-Salfa. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ With five wins, Japan halts Chinese momentum in Guangzhou – Asian champs, day 4. IAAF (2009-11-15). Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ IAAF Diamond League Doha 2010. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ Ogunode and Fukushima complete doubles in Guangzhou – Asian Games, Day 5. IAAF. (2010-11-26). Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Emirati male sprinters
- Olympic athletes of the United Arab Emirates
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the United Arab Emirates
- Asian Games bronze medalists for the United Arab Emirates
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games