Abdalelah Haroun Hassan (; 1 January 1997 – 26 June 2021) was a Qatari

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er. He specialised in the

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. 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. His first recorded performance was a time of 45.74 seconds for the 400 m in

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in April 2014, which placed him among the world's most promising young sprinters for the event. He announced himself on the elite scene in his next performance at the

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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. His next outing one month later he set an outdoor best of 44.68 seconds. He was a comfortable victor at the

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in April, beating Egypt's

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by nearly a second. He ran at the

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meeting and won the non-Diamond-race contest with another sub-45-second run. On his

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debut proper, he finished fifth at the

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. He quickly established himself as one of Asia's top senior athletes at the

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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". On June 26, 2021, Haroun died in a

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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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haroun, Abdalelah 1997 births 2021 deaths Qatari male sprinters Sudanese male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Qatar Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Qatar World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists IAAF Continental Cup winners Asian Athletics Championships winners Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners Qatari people of Sudanese descent Sudanese emigrants to Qatar Naturalized citizens of Qatar Road incident deaths in Qatar Naturalised athletes Deaths of competitors in athletics Arab Athletics Championships winners Diamond League winners 21st-century Qatari sportsmen