Rashid Ahmed Al-Mannai (Arabic: أحمد راشد المناعي; born 18 June 1988) is a Qatari track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump and triple jump.
Biography Born in Doha, he started competing internationally in 2005 and finished eleventh at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and set a personal best of 2.10 metres for 14th at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships. He competed at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing the following year, but did not get past the qualification round.Al-Mannai Rashid Ahmed Profile. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-04. He finished twelfth at the 2006 Asian Games later that year, jumping 2.10 metres.
He enjoyed his first regional successes in 2007 – he set a Qatari record of 2.24 metres to take the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games (a mark which was also a Games record).Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2007-11-01). Kazakh quartet betters Asian relay record – 2nd Asian Indoor Games, Final day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-04. He represented Qatar at the 2007 Pan Arab Games in November and won a silver medal behind Salem Al-Anezi, with a jump of 2.17 m.Results November 2007 – Pan Arab Games. Athletics Africa. Retrieved on 2010-09-04. A few months later, he returned to action with an appearance at the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in his hometown. The high jump gold went to Sergey Zasimovich but Al-Mannai still reached the podium, taking the bronze medal.3rd Asian Indoor Championship. Qatar Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2010-09-04.
He set an outdoor national record in Doha in April 2008, clearing 2.20 m for the win and an outdoor best. After a year out from competition, Al-Mannai returned by setting a personal best of 2.27 m in Malmö, which earned him an appearance at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup. Representing the Asia-Pacific team, he cleared both 2.21 m and 2.25 m on his second attempts, but he cleared the bar first time at 2.28 m – a new personal best and closer to Mutaz Essa Barshim's new Qatari record. It was a surprise win over 2007 World Champion Donald Thomas and marked the first high jump medal and victory by an Asian at the competition.Arcoleo, Laura (2010-09-04). EVENT Report – Men's High Jump. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-04.
Competition record Representing 2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco11thHigh jump2.08 mAsian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea14thHigh jump2.10 mWest Asian GamesDoha, Qatar5thHigh jump2.10 m2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China17th (q)High jump2.10 mAsian GamesDoha, Qatar12thHigh jump2.10 m2007Arab ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan8thHigh jump2.11 mAsian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan15thHigh jump2.10 mAsian Indoor GamesMacau, China1stHigh jump2.24 mPan Arab GamesCairo, Egypt2ndHigh jump2.17 m2008Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rdHigh jump2.18 m2010Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran4thHigh jump2.17 mWest Asian ChampionshipsAleppo, Syria1stHigh jump2.25 mAsian GamesGuangzhou, China3rdHigh jump2.19 m2011Asian ChampionshipsSeville, Spain8thHigh jump2.10 mPan Arab GamesDoha, Qatar3rdHigh jump2.21 m2013Arab ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2ndTriple jump16.40 mAsian ChampionshipsPune, India5thTriple jump15.98 mJeux de la FrancophonieNice, France6thTriple jump16.30 m2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea –Triple jumpNM2015Arab ChampionshipsIsa Town, Bahrain2ndTriple jump15.97 m (w)Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China7thTriple jump16.06 mMilitary World GamesMungyeong, South Korea4thTriple jump16.27 m2016Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rdTriple jump15.97 m2017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan10thTriple jump15.31 mArab ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia4thTriple jump15.85 mAsian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistan3rdTriple jump15.99 m2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia11thTriple jump15.92 m
External links Rashid Al-Mannai Profail on iaaf
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