Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
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| Nationality |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 6, 1999 Fukuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 10.22 (Shanghai 2016) 200m: 20.34 (Cali 2015) | |||||||||||||||||
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Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (サニブラウン・アブデル・ハキーム, Saniburaun Abuderu Hakīmu, March 6, 1999) is a Japanese athlete specialising in sprinting events. Sani Brown has a Ghanaian father and a Japanese mother.[1] Sani Brown won the 100 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics setting a championship record of 10.28 (−0.4) in the final.[2]
Sani Brown finished as runner up at the 2015 Japanese senior National Championships in both the 100m and the 200m, but did not run a qualifying time for the world championships in either event. His 200m personal best was 20.56.[1] At the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics Sani Brown equalled his personal best of 10.30 in the 100m heats to set a new championship record before running 10.28 into a -0.3 headwind to improve that mark in the final. Three days later he doubled by winning the 200 metres in 20.34 into a -0.7 headwind. The time was .16 faster than the championship qualifying standard, thereby punching Sani Brown's ticket to the world championships[3] as a sixteen year old.
At the 2015 World Championships Sani Brown successfully qualified to the semi-final round against athletes who were at least three years his senior.
In Japan, Sani Brown runs for Josai High School, a private high school operated by the same corporation that operates Josai University[4] in the Toshima ward of Tokyo.[5]
References
- ^ a b Johanna Gretschel (July 11, 2015). "World Youth Sweep Is Step One For Sani Brown". Milesplit.com. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ "Championships U18 Records". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ "Injury dashes Rio hopes for Japanese sprint prospect". 22 June 2016.
- ^ "城西大学附属 城西中学･高等学校". Josaigakuen.ac.jp. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ "交通アクセス". Josaigakuen.ac.jp. Retrieved August 12, 2016.