Zid Abou Hamed
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| Citizenship |  Syria  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1970 Syria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zid Abou Hamed (Arabic: زيد أبو حامد; born 4 April 1970) is an Australian-Syrian former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
Career[]
Hamed originally began to compete for his birth country Syria. He represented the country at the World Championships in 1991 and 1993[citation needed].
Hamed then changed his nationality to Australia but was ineligible for the 1996 Summer Olympics[1] but started at the World Championships in the 1997 and 1999 World Championships. In February 1999 in Sydney he achieved a career best time of 48.87 seconds.
When Hamed was not selected for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he appealed to the Australian Olympic Committee but lost.[2] As a result, he competed for Syria at the Olympics instead.
International competitions[]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Syria
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| 1991 | Mediterranean Games | Athens, Greece | 6th | 400 m hrd | 51.07 |
| Asian Championships | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3rd | 400 m hrd | 51.15 | |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 33rd (h) | 400 m hrd | 51.57 | |
| 1992 | Pan Arab Games | Latakia, Syria | 1st | 400 m hrd[3] | 49.39 |
| 1993 | Mediterranean Games | Narbonne, France | 1st | 400 m hrd | 49.09 |
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 23rd (h) | 400 m hrd | 49.96 | |
| Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 1st | 400 m hrd | 49.10 | |
| 1997 | Pan Arab Games | Beirut, Lebanon | 3rd | 400 m hrd | 49.68 |
| Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | 1st | 400 m hrd | 49.25 | |
| Representing Australia
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| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 16th (sf) | 400 m hrd | 49.12 |
| 1998 | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 4th | 400 m hrd | 49.11 |
| World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 8th | 400 m hrd | 50.50[4] | |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 41st (h) | 400 m hrd | 50.85 |
| Representing Syria
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| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 33rd (h) | 400 m hrd | 50.74 |
References[]
- ^ Australian Olympic Committee[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Olympic Committee finalises Australian team". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 August 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ^ Pan Arab Games Archived 16 December 2010 at WebCite - GBR Athletics
- ^ Representing Oceania
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- 1970 births
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- Australian male hurdlers
- Syrian male hurdlers
- Olympic athletes of Syria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Syria
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
- Syrian emigrants to Australia
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Syria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
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