Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr

Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (born February 22, 1986) is a Sudanese athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. He was born in Khartoum.

His current personal best time is 44.93 seconds, achieved in April 2005 in Mecca.

Ali will be competing in the 400 metres event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He has been described as "one of Sudan's main medal hopes" at the Games.^[1]

He lives in Nyala, southern Darfur, and is a sergeant in the Sudanese army. His family is of the Zaghawa (Beri) ethnic group.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	2nd	400 m
	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	1st	400 m
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	2nd	400 m
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	6th	400 m[2]

External links

• "Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr", n°58 on Time’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"

References

• IAAF profile for Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr

1. ^ ^{a b} "Darfur athletes train as Olympic row rages", Reuters, April 15, 2008
2. ^ 2007 All-Africa Games, men's 400 m final

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Name	Abubakr, Nagmeldin Ali
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Date of birth	February 22, 1986
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