Omar Ahmed
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| Born | 29 December 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Omar Ahmed Abdelkader (born 29 December 1979) is an amateur boxer from Kenya, who is also known as Omar Ahmed, Ahmed Abdelkader, or Ahmed Rajab Omari. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division (– 91 kg) at the 1995 All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Ahmed represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, being the youngest member (16 years, 205 days) of the Kenyan Olympic Team. There he was defeated in the second round by David Defiagbon from Canada. Omar also won a gold medal in the Men's Heavyweight Division at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.thecgf.com/search/athlete.asp[permanent dead link]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ahmed Rajab Omari". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
External links
[edit]- Ahmed Omar at Olympics.com
- Ahmed Omar at Olympic.org (archived)
- Omar Ahmed Rajab at Olympedia (archive)
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Kenyan male boxers
- Kenyan Muslims
- Heavyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for Kenya
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Boxers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- African Games gold medalists for Kenya
- African Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 1995 All-Africa Games
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Kenyan boxing biography stubs