Fartun Abukar Omar (born August 3, 1986) is a Somali

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Biography

She represented Somalia at the

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, despite her country having been without a government for thirteen years at that time. She took part in the women's 100 metres race, and finished last in her heat, nonetheless achieving a personal best of 14.29 seconds. She was 18 at the time of the event.

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noted that she was the first

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woman ever to represent Somalia at any

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."The passion of the athlete"
ESPN, September 25, 2004

References

1986 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Somalia Somalian female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Place of birth missing (living people) {{Somalia-athletics-bio-stub