SOULEIMAN Ayanleh

Olympic Games

Year	Location	800m	1500m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	SF (1:45.19)	4th (3:50.29)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	800m	1500m
2019	Doha, QAT	-	SF (3:38.35)
2017	London, GBR	-	Heats (3:46.64)
2015	Beijing, CHN	-	Heats (DNF)
2013	Moscow, RUS	3rd (1:43.76)	SF (3:37.69)

African Games

Year	Location	1500m
2019	Rabat, MAR	2nd (3:38.44)

African Championships

Year	Location	1500m
2018	Asaba, NGR	4th (3:37.18)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	1500m	Mile
2019	2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2018	1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th	-
2017	1 x 6th, 1 x 10th, 1 x 11th	-

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2019	1500m	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	3:30.66
2	2019	1500m	Stockholm, SWE	3:37.30
2	2019	Mile	Stanford, CA, USA	3:51.22
2	2018	1500m	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	3:31.77
3	2019	1500m	Lausanne, SUI	3:30.79
3	2019	Mile	Oslo, NOR	3:52.66
3	2018	1500m	Zurich, SUI	3:31.24
3	2018	1500m	Rabat, MAR	3:33.42
4	2018	1500m	Rome, ITA	3:34.87
5	2018	1500m	Monaco, MON	3:31.19

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2018	1500m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	3:33.93

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	1500m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	Heats (DNS)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

University of Djibouti, Djibouti

One daughter

English

His preparations for the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland, OR, United States of America, were affected by a chest infection. (flotrack.org, 09 Apr 2016)

He missed the 2012 Olympic Games in London due to a leg injury. (blogs.voanews.com, 11 Mar 2014)

He took part in his first athletics race in 2008 in Djibouti. (IAAF, 16 Jul 2012)

He initially played football. One morning he went to the stadium with his friends and there was a 5km road race being held. His friends persuaded him to take part in the race, and he finished fifth. His performance was noticed by an athletics coach who came to his football training and told him he had potential in athletics. He combined the two sports until his coach convinced him to focus on athletics. (IAAF, 16 Jul 2012)

"People always see me smiling, and that's what I show in public after winning or losing. I show in public that I am not disappointed [after a loss] but there is a fire in my heart. It comes out whenever I lose a race. I cannot sleep for days after defeat." (flotrack.org, 09 Apr 2016)