Abderrahman Samba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Abderrahman Samba

Qatari hurdler

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1995

Place of Birth: Mauritania

Profession: sprinter, hurdler

Nationality: Qatar

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Abderrahman Samba (born 5 September 1995) is a Qatari male athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles.
He was born and grew up in Saudi Arabia but chose to represent Mauritania – his father's homeland – before eventually switching allegiance to Qatar and moving to Doha in 2015.
He became eligible to compete for his adopted country in May 2016.
He was the second person to run the 400m hurdle event in less than 47 seconds.Samba placed seventh at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics on his global debut.
He appeared suddenly on the elite athletics scene, having run modest sprint times in 2016 before winning the 400 m hurdles race at the Qatar leg of the 2017 IAAF Diamond League, beating Olympic champion Kerron Clement.
He ranked eighth in the world that season with his new personal best of 48.31 seconds.In February 2018, he won a 4 × 400 metres relay gold medal with a Qatari team of Mohamed Nasir Abbas, Mohamed El Nour and Abdalelah Haroun at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.
Then, in the Summer season, he ran the 400 m hurdles in 46.98, the second fastest time ever, at the Meeting de Paris.