Yaqoub Al-Youha
Personal information | |
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Born | [1] | 31 January 1993
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 110 m hurdles, 100 m, 200 m |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 100 m – 10.48 (2014) 200 m – 22.00 (2015) 110 mH – 13.35 (2019)[1] |
Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha (born 31 January 1993) is a Kuwaiti sprint runner specialising in the high hurdles. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships reaching the semifinals. He won silver medals at the Asian championships in 2014–2017.
His personal best in the 110 metres hurdles is 13.35 set in Doha in 2019. It is the current national record.
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Kuwait | |||||
2011 | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | – | 110 m hurdles | DNF |
2012 | Asian Junior Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 7th | 110 m hurdles (99 cm) | 14.05 |
World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 19th (sf) | 110 m hurdles (99 cm) | 13.91 | |
2013 | Arab Championships | Doha, Qatar | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 14.07 |
Islamic Solidarity Games | Palembang, Indonesia | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 14.00 | |
2014 | Asian Indoor Championships | Hangzhou, China | 2nd | 60 m hurdles | 7.90 |
Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 7th | 110 m hurdles | 13.83 | |
2015 | Arab Championships | Isa Town, Bahrain | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.37 (w) |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.75 | |||
Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 2nd (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.661 | |
2016 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 60 m hurdles | 7.65 |
2017 | Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.59 |
Arab Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.48 (w) | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.83 | |||
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 21st (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.562 | |
2019 | Arab Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.74 |
Asian Championships | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.35 | |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 15th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.57 | |
2021 | Arab Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.71 |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 31st (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.69 |
1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the semifinals
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha. |
- ^ a b Yaqoub Al-Youha at World Athletics
External links[]
- Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha at World Athletics
- Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Kuwaiti male hurdlers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Kuwait
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Kuwait
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Kuwait
- Asian athletics biography stubs
- Kuwaiti sportspeople stubs