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Kuwaiti hurdler
Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha
Al-Youha at the 2017 Asian Championships
Born (1993-01-31 ) 31 January 1993 (age 31) [ 1] Sport Athletics Event(s) 110 m hurdles, 100 m, 200 m 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
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
13.66 1
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
13.56 2
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
1 Disqualified in the final
2 Did not finish in the semifinals
References