Ahmed Mohamed Ismail

Ahmed Mohamed Ismail (born 6 June 1964) is a retired marathon runner who competed internationally for Somalia. He lived and trained in Hartford, Connecticut.[1]

Ismail competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing in 47th position out of the 107 runners who started.[2] In October 1986 he won the Detroit Free Press Marathon.[3] He also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, but he did not complete the marathon.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "He's running for more than gold". The Hartford Courant. 15 September 1988. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Olympic Games 1984". OlympicGamesMarathon.com. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Ismail leaves Kurtis in the dust". Detroit Free Press. 20 October 196 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ahmed Mohamed Ismail". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Olympic Games 1988". OlympicGamesMarathon.com. Retrieved 21 June 2015.


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