SAMBA Abderrahman

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m Hurdles
2019	Doha, QAT	3rd (48.03)
2017	London, GBR	7th (49.74)

Asian Games

Year	Location	400m Hurdles	4 x 400m
2018	Indonesia	1st (47.66)	1st (3:00.56)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	400m Hurdles	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	1st (47.51)	3rd (3:03.95)

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

Year	400m	400m Hurdles
2021	-	1 x 4th
2019	1 x 2nd	1 x 1st
2018	1 x 5th	6 x 1st

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	400m Hurdles	Shanghai, CHN	47.27
1	2018	400m Hurdles	Lausanne, SUI	47.42
1	2018	400m Hurdles	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	46.98
1	2018	400m Hurdles	Stockholm, SWE	47.41
1	2018	400m Hurdles	Oslo, NOR	47.60
1	2018	400m Hurdles	Rome, ITA	47.48
1	2018	400m Hurdles	Doha, QAT	47.57
2	2019	400m	Monaco, MON	45.00
4	2021	400m Hurdles	Doha, QAT	48.26
5	2018	400m	London, GBR	44.62

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	400m Hurdles	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	48.56

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2017	400m Hurdles	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	48.70

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

Football. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2018)

Athlete

Arabic, English

He suffered an injury during the 2019 Diamond League event in London, England. A few weeks later he competed in pain at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, but he was still able to win bronze in the 400m hurdles. His recovery from the problem continued into 2020. (thepeninsulaqatar.com, 30 Jun 2020; staddoha.com, 30 Jun 2020)

He got involved in athletics in 2011 in Saudi Arabia. He initially tried the high jump, long jump, 200m, and 400m events, before taking up hurdles in 2017. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2018; iaaf.org, 09 Jun 2018)

He grew up in a family of footballers, but his brother encouraged him to try athletics. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2018; iaaf.org, 09 Jun 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (staddoha.com, 30 Jun 2020)

Winning gold in the 4x400m relay at the 2018 Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2018)

Qatari footballer Khalfan Ibrahim, Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2018)

His brother. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2018)

"Don't stop until you reach your goal." (Instagram profile, 09 Feb 2020)

In 2018 he was presented with the Sport Excellence Award by the Qatar Olympic Committee. (iloveqatar.net, 19 Nov 2018)