Ahmed Abdelwahed Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Club:	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Birth Date:	26 May 1996
Birth Place:	Rome, Italy
Country:	Italy
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	3000 metres steeplechase

Ahmed Abdelwahed (born 26 May 1996 in Rome) is an Italian steeplechase runner of Egyptian origin who won a bronze medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.^[1] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 3000 m steeplechase.^{[2] [3]} His parents are from Egypt.

On 12 September 2022 he was suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after he tested positive for Meldonium.^[4]

Personal bests

• 3000 metres steeplechase

8:21.54 - Ostrava, 19 May 2021^[5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2017	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3000 m st	8:37.02
	Summer Universiade	Taipei	8th	3000 m st	8:47.72
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona	3rd	3000 m st	9:00.01
2022	European Championships		bgcolor=silver	2nd	3000 m st	8:22.35

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 3000 metres steeple-chase: 2019

See also

• Italy at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
• Naturalized athletes of Italy

Notes and References

1. Web site: NOC Medallist by Sport - Italy . tarragona2018.cat . 30 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180928093240/http://results.tarragona2018.cat/en/ALL/medals/noc/ITA . 28 September 2018 . dead.
2. Web site: ABDELWAHED Ahmed . . 2 September 2021.
3. Web site: Athletics ABDELWAHED Ahmed. dead. 2021-09-19. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726045934/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1305691-abdelwahed-ahmed.htm . 2021-07-26 .
4. Web site: Steeplechase medalist suspended for meldonium . ESPN.com . 13 September 2022 . en . 12 September 2022.
5. Web site: Abdelwahed, che progresso in Belgio! . fidal.it . 15 July 2018.