Ammar Ismail Yahia Ibrahim

Ammar Ismail Yahia Ibrahim (born 18 September 1996) is a Qatari sprinter originally from Sudan. He is the 2022 GCC Games, 2023 West Asian Athletics Championships, and 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships gold medalist in the 400 metres.

Biography

Despite his Sudanese citizenship, Ibrahim's first international competition was at the 2020 Turkish Athletics Championships, where he placed third in the 400 m but was not eligible for awards as a foreign national. The following year, Ibrahim was 7th at the 2021 Doha Diamond League in the 400 m, scoring 2 points in that year's Diamond League season.

On 9 February 2022, Ibrahim formally transferred eligibility from Sudan to Qatar. Ibrahim would go on to win two international medals that year representing Qatar at the GCC Games (winning the 400 m and 4 × 400 m). His GCC Games winning time of 45.76 would stand as a personal best.

Ibrahim began the 2023 season by winning the Asian Indoor Championships in the 400 m, and taking silver in the 4 × 400 m. He edged out Mikhail Litvin by just 0.14 seconds to take the 400 m title, his first continental gold. At the 2023 West Asian Athletics Championships in his home country, Ibrahim swept the 400 and 4 × 400 events, winning both in times of 46.23 seconds and a championship record of 3:05.19 seconds respectively. Ibrahim then competed at the 2022 Asian Games (delayed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), taking silver in the 4 × 400 relay by virtue of running in the heats.

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