Mohammad Fakhri bin Ismail (born 6 March 1991) is a Bruneian sprinter and

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, playing as a striker. He represented his nation

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in the men's 100 metres at the

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, China and at the

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, Brazil. Ismail also boasted a national record of 10.59 seconds, which he registered at the

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in Singapore.

Athletics career

At the

, Fakhri competed for the Bruneian team in the men's 100 metres. He posted a time of 10.92 seconds to progress further from the prelims as one of the eight fastest sprinters of the field, before rounding out the first of eight heats in ninth place with a 10.95, almost half a second shy of his personal best. He also served as Brunei's flag bearer during the

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segment of the opening ceremony.

Football career

Fakhri was previously a goal-getter for lesser Bruneian clubs like DST FC and

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. In the second half of the

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season,

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signed Fakhri to bolster their striking options, to replace departing Indonesian forward Iner Sontany Putra. Fakhri scored his first two goals for Indera against Rimba Star FC on 28 February 2020 in a 9–0 win.

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* * 1991 births Living people Bruneian Muslims Place of birth missing (living people) Men's association football forwards Bruneian men's footballers Indera SC players Bruneian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Brunei World Athletics Championships athletes for Brunei Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Brunei Brunei Super League players People from Bandar Seri Begawan {{Brunei-athletics-bio-stub

Athletics career

Football career

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