Abdalelah Haroun Hassan (; 1 January 1997 – 26 June 2021) was a Qatari track and field sprinter. He specialised in the 400 metres. He was the 2015 Asian champion in the event and holds the Asian indoor record.
Biography Haroun was recruited at a young age from Sudan by Qatar. He gained eligibility to represent Qatar in February 2015.Le Qatar et le Bahrein renforcent leurs équipes . SPE15 (2015-02-15). Retrieved on 2015-06-04. His first recorded performance was a time of 45.74 seconds for the 400 m in Doha in April 2014, which placed him among the world's most promising young sprinters for the event.Abdelalelah Haroun. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-04.400 Metres - men - junior - outdoor - 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-04. He announced himself on the elite scene in his next performance at the XL Galan in February 2015 by running an Asian indoor record of 45.39 seconds, which was also the third fastest ever by a junior category athlete and the fastest ever indoor debut.Julin, A. Lennart (2015-02-19). Dibaba sets world indoor 5000m record in Stockholm. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-04.Qatar's rising stars set to shine in Doha – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF (2015-05-06). Retrieved on 2015-06-04. His next outing one month later he set an outdoor best of 44.68 seconds.LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James to battle in 400 at Pre Classic . LetsRun (2015-05-07). Retrieved on 2015-06-04. He was a comfortable victor at the 2015 Arab Athletics Championships in April, beating Egypt's Anas Beshr by nearly a second.ALGÉRIE AU 19 EME. CHAMPIONNAT PANARABES D’ATHLÉTISME BAHREÏN / MANAMA 24 - 27/04/2015 . Algeria Athletics Stats. Retrieved on 2015-05-04.
He ran at the Doha Diamond League meeting and won the non-Diamond-race contest with another sub-45-second run.Tripathi, Rajeev (2015-05-16). Qatar's Haroun fastest Asian in 400m Diamond League . Qatar Tribune. Retrieved on 2015-06-04. On his IAAF Diamond League debut proper, he finished fifth at the Prefontaine Classic.Abdalleleh Haroun. Diamond League. Retrieved on 2015-06-04. He quickly established himself as one of Asia's top senior athletes at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships by beating two-time defending champion Yousef Masrahi of Saudi Arabia in the 400 m final with his third 44.68-second clocking of the season. Masrahi was indignant about losing to his younger rival, saying "44.68 is nothing for me actually. I will come back. I will break the Asian record again".Wu, Vincent (2015-06-04). Qatari sprinters dominate at Asian Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-04.
On June 26, 2021, Haroun died in a car crash in Doha, at the age of 24.
Personal bests 400 metres outdoors: 44.07 seconds (2018) 400 metres indoors: 45.39 seconds (2015) 4 × 400 metres relay: 3:00.56 (2018)
International competitions 2015Arab ChampionshipsIsa Town, Bahrain1st400 m44.68Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China1st400 m44.682016Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar1st400 m45.881st4 × 400 m relay3:08.20World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States2nd400 m45.59World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland1st400 m44.81Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil23rd (sf)400 m46.662017World ChampionshipsLondon, Great Britain3rd400 m44.48Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistan1st400 m45.6812th (sf)800 m2:07.942nd4 × 400 m relay3:12.582018Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran1st400 m46.371st4 × 400 m relay3:10.08World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom –400 mDQAsian GamesJakarta, Indonesia1st400 m44.891st4 × 400 m relay3:00.562019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar37th (h)400 m47.76
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