Robleh Ali Adou (; born 17 June 1964) is a Djiboutian

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. He was the first sailor to compete for

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after he had competed at the

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. At the games, he had competed in the men's Division II class and placed 40th in the event. He would also compete at the

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and

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in the men's Lechner A-390 class and the men's Mistral One Design class respectively. He did not medal in either of the events.

Biography

Robleh Ali Adou was born on 17 June 1964. He would be the first sailor to compete for

. Adou's first Olympics would be at the

in Seoul, South Korea. There, he competed in the men's Division II class at the

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(Course Bravo) from 20 to 27 September. He accumulated 255.0 net points with a final total of 307.0 points. He placed 40th out of the 45 sailors that competed in the event. He then competed at the

in Barcelona, Spain. He competed in the men's Lechner A-390 class at the Port Olímpic from 27 July to 2 August. He accumulated 376.0 net points with a final total of 427.0 points. He placed 39th out of the 45 sailors that competed in the event. Adou's final games would be at the

in Los Angeles, United States. He would compete in the men's Mistral One Design class at the Wassaw Sound in

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from 23 July to 29 July. He had accumulated 312.0 net points with a final total of 406.0 points. He had placed last out of the 46 sailors that competed in the event.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adou, Robleh 1964 births Living people Olympic sailors for Djibouti Djiboutian male sailors (sport) Djiboutian windsurfers Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Division II Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390 Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design