 Haroun at the2017 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | عبد الإله هارون |
| Nationality | Sudanese Qatari |
| Born | 1 January 1997 Al-Soki,Sennar, Sudan |
| Died | 26 June 2021(2021-06-26) (aged 24) Doha, Qatar |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Qatar |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 400 metres |
| Coached by | Luiz de Oliveira[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | 400 m: 44.07 (2018) 500 m (indoors): 59.83WB (Stockholm 2016) |
Medal record | |
Abdalelah Haroun Hassan (Arabic:عبد الإله هارون; 1 January 1997 – 26 June 2021) was a Qataritrack and fieldsprinter. He specialised in the400 metres. He was the 2015 Asian champion in the event and holds the Asian indoor record.
Haroun was recruited at a young age from Sudan by Qatar. Hegained eligibility to represent Qatar in February 2015.[2] His first recorded performance was a time of 45.74 seconds for the 400 m inDoha in April 2014, which placed him among the world's most promising young sprinters for the event.[3][4][failed verification] He announced himself on the elite scene in his next performance at theXL Galan in February 2015 by running anAsian indoor record of 45.39 seconds, which was also the third fastest ever by ajunior category athlete and the fastest ever indoor debut.[5][6] His next outing one month later he set an outdoor best of 44.68 seconds.[7] He was a comfortable victor at the2015 Arab Athletics Championships in April, beating Egypt'sAnas Beshr by nearly a second.[8]
He ran at theDoha Diamond League meeting and won the non-Diamond-race contest with another sub-45-second run.[9] On hisIAAF Diamond League debut proper, he finished fifth at thePrefontaine Classic.[10] He quickly established himself as one of Asia's top senior athletes at the2015 Asian Athletics Championships by beating two-time defending championYousef 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".[11]
On June 26, 2021, Haroun died in acar crash in Doha, at the age of 24.[12][13][14]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Arab Championships | Isa Town,Bahrain | 1st | 400 m | 44.68 |
| Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 1st | 400 m | 44.68 | |
| 2016 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha,Qatar | 1st | 400 m | 45.88 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:08.20 | |||
| World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 2nd | 400 m | 45.59 | |
| World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | 400 m | 44.81 | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro,Brazil | 23rd (sf) | 400 m | 46.66 | |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, Great Britain | 3rd | 400 m | 44.48 |
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat,Turkmenistan | 1st | 400 m | 45.68 | |
| 12th (sf) | 800 m | 2:07.94 | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:12.58 | |||
| 2018 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran | 1st | 400 m | 46.37 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.08 | |||
| World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | – | 400 m | DQ | |
| Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1st | 400 m | 44.89 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.56 | |||
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 37th (h) | 400 m | 47.76 |
World U20 Champions in men's400 metres | |
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