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Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed (
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: جمال عبد المجي عيسى محمد; born 25 August 1993) is a Sudanese-born runner competing internationally over 5,000 and 10,000 metres. Mohammed was one of 29 athletes across 12 disciplines who represented the
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at the
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.


Career

In 2003, when he was 10 years old, members of the
Janjaweed The Janjaweed () are an Sudanese Arabs, Arab nomad militia group operating in the Sahel, Sahel region, specifically in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and eastern Chad. They have also been speculated to be active in Yemen. According to the United ...
militia came to burn down his village and killed 97 people, including his father. In 2010 he fled the violence in
Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
’s war-ravaged
Darfur Darfur ( ; ) is a region of western Sudan. ''Dār'' is an Arabic word meaning "home f – the region was named Dardaju () while ruled by the Daju, who migrated from Meroë , and it was renamed Dartunjur () when the Tunjur ruled the area. ...
region aged 17, and Mohammed spent three days crossing the
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from
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to
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on foot, where he was eventually granted refugee protection. He found employment in
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and joined a running club, The Alley Runners in 2014. He finished 40th in his European Cross Country Champion Clubs Cup debut in 2017, 30th in 2018, and 22nd in the 2019 edition on 3 February in
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. He competed in the 10,000 metres at the
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in
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in August 2024.


Competitions


See also

* Refugees of Sudan *
Sudanese in Israel Sudanese refugees in Israel refers to citizens of Sudan who have sought refuge in Israel due to military conflict at home, and to those who moved there illegally as migrant workers. In 2008, there were 4,000 Sudanese in Israel, 1,200 from Darfur ...
*
War in Darfur The War in Darfur, also nicknamed the Land Cruiser War, was a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equalit ...


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* * jamal abdelmaji https://www.facebook.com/jamalabdelmaji on Facebook 1993 births Living people Sudanese refugees Immigrants to Israel People from West Darfur Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athlete Refugee Team at the World Athletics Championships Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Sudanese athletes {{Sudan-athletics-bio-stub