Musa Amer Obaid (; born April 18, 1985, in

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) is a

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mainly competing in

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. He was born Moses Kipkirui, but represents

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after changing nationality from his birth country

. Musa Amer finished fourth in the

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at the

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in a personal best time of 8:07.18 minutes, having won the silver medal at the World Junior Championships a month earlier. In 2005 he finished ninth at the

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and seventh at the

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. In 2006 Musa Amer was found guilty of

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doping. The sample was delivered on 14 June 2006 in an

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out-of-competition test in

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. He received an IAAF suspension from September 2006 to September 2008. (Archive.org)

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* 1985 births Living people Qatari male middle-distance runners Kenyan male middle-distance runners Kenyan male steeplechase runners Qatari male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Qatar Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Qatar Kenyan emigrants to Qatar Naturalized citizens of Qatar Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases Qatari sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Qatari people of Kenyan descent Asian Athletics Championships winners Naturalised athletes 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen 21st-century Qatari sportsmen {{Qatar-athletics-bio-stub

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