Nasar Sakar Saeed
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Birth name | Stephen Loruo Kamar |
Nationality | Bahrain |
Born | Kenya | 26 January 1978
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | Marathon: 2:10:46 |
Nasar Sakar Saeed (Arabic: نصار صقر سعيد; born January 26, 1978 in Kenya, as Stephen Loruo Kamar) is a Bahraini marathon runner of Kenyan origin.[1] Saeed represented Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon, along with his compatriots Abdulhak Zakaria, and Al Mustafa Riyadh. He finished the race in thirty-seventh place by one second ahead of Eritrea's Yonas Kifle, with a time of 2:20:24.[2]
Saeed also achieved his personal best time of 2:10:46, by winning the championship title at the 2006 Xiamen Marathon.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nasar Sakar Saeed". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
External links
- IAAF profile for Nasar Sakar Saeed
- NBC Olympics Profile
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Bahraini male marathon runners
- Bahraini male long-distance runners
- Kenyan male marathon runners
- Kenyan emigrants to Bahrain
- Olympic athletes of Bahrain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Naturalized citizens of Bahrain
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- Bahraini sportspeople stubs
- Kenyan athletics biography stubs