Yousef Karam
Kuwaiti sprinter (born 1993)
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Born | (1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 31) |
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Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 400 m, 400 m hurdles |
Youssef Mohammed Karam Taher (born 15 July 1993) is a Kuwaiti sprinter specialising in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.[1] He represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships reaching the semifinals.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2009 | Asian Youth Games | Singapore | 3rd | 400 m hurdles (84 cm) | 54.80 |
2014 | Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 15th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 52.15 |
2016 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 6th (sf) | 400 m | 47.88 |
2017 | Arab Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 1st | 400 m | 46.45 |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:08.55 | |||
Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 7th | 400 m hurdles | 51.36 | |
2018 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran | 2nd | 400 m | 46.66 |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:14.75 | |||
World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 9th (h) | 400 m | 46.861 | |
2019 | Arab Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 2nd | 200 m | 20.81 |
2nd | 400 m | 46.06 | |||
Asian Championships | Doha, Qatar | – | 200 m | DQ | |
1st | 400 m | 44.84 | |||
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 21st (h) | 400 m | 45.741 |
1Did not finish in the semifinals
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 400 metres – 46.27 (Doha 2015)
- 800 metres – 1:54.14 (Kuwait City 2015)
- 400 metres hurdles – 50.90 (Bhubaneshwar 2017)
Indoor
- 400 metres – 46.66 (Tehran 2018)
References
- ^ Yousef Karam at World Athletics
External links
- Yousef Karam at World Athletics
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Asian Athletics Champions in men's 400 metres
- 1973: Yoshiharu Tomonaga (JPN)
- 1975: Sriram Singh (IND)
- 1979: Shoichi Handa (JPN)
- 1981: Takayuki Isobe (JPN)
- 1983–1985: Isidro del Prado (PHI)
- 1987: Mohammed Al-Malki (OMN)
- 1989–1995: Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)
- 1998: Sugath Tillakaratne (SRI)
- 2000: Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)
- 2002–2003: Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW)
- 2005: Yuzo Kanemaru (JPN)
- 2007: Prasanna Amarasekara (THA)
- 2009: Liu Xiaosheng (CHN)
- 2011–2013: Yousef Masrahi (KSA)
- 2015: Abdalelah Haroun (QAT)
- 2017: Mohammad Anas (IND)
- 2019: Yousef Karam (KUW)
- 2023: Kentaro Sato (JPN)
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