Jimmy Anak Ahar (born 3 November 1981) is a
Bruneian athlete whom competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
.
Career
In 2004, Jimmy Anak Ahar, a runner who was also unable to advance, a one-man delegation representing
Brunei at the 2004 Summer Olympics, running in the
1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...
.
At the 2005 Borneo Games, Jimmy took the gold medal for the
800 metres
The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...
event.
Personal life
His elder brother
Sefli is also a long-distance runner while his younger brother
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
is a Bruneian international
football
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player.
See also
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List of middle-distance runners
As of May 2005, this is a list of notable male middle distance runners (800 m – 3000 m) since the first Olympic Games in 1896.
This list includes any athlete who has been a medalist in the Olympic Games or World championships (indoor and outdo ...
References
External links
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Place of birth missing (living people)
1981 births
21st-century Bruneian people
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic athletes for Brunei
Bruneian male middle-distance runners
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