Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Maryam Yusuf Jamal

Bahraini track and field athlete

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1984

Place of Birth: Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Profession: athletics competitor, middle-distance runner

Nationality: Bahrain

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Maryam Yusuf Jamal

  • Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Arabic: ???? ???? ?????; Oromo: Maryam Yuusuf Jamaal) (born Zenebech Tola) (born 16 September 1984) is a Bahraini middle-distance runner.
  • She is the first Bahraini athlete to win an Olympic medal, a gold (originally bronze, but later upgraded after two doping violations) in the 1500m women's race, in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
  • This was also the first Olympic medal won by a woman representing a Gulf state. Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season.
  • She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of the year, with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo.
  • Jamal is a two-time world champion in the 1500 m, having won at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She represented Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing fifth in the 1500 m final.
  • Jamal has also had much success at regional competitions: winning two gold medals at the 2006 Asian Games in addition to the Asian Cross Country Championships in both 2007 and 2009.

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