Hassan Saaid Explained

Hassan Saaid
Native Name:	ޙަސަން ސާއިދު
Native Name Lang:	dhivehi
Nationality:	Maldives
Club:	Dhivehi Sifainge Club
Birth Date:	4 March 1992
Birth Place:	Gaafaru, Maldives
Weight:	600NaN0 (2014)
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Sprint

Hassan Saaid (Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian: ޙަސަން ސާއިދު; born 4 March 1992) is a Maldivian athlete specialising in the sprinting events. He represented his country at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games, as well as the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.

He is the current national record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres, as well as the 4×100 metres relay.

He studied at the University of West Indies in Jamaica.^[1]

Saaid won his country's first ever South Asian Games gold medal (in the 100m event) at the 2019 edition held in Kathmandu, Nepal.^[2]

Competition record

Representing
2010	South Asian Games	Dhaka, Bangladesh	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	41.39
	Asian Junior Championships	Hanoi, Vietnam	18th (h)	200 m	22.77
			14th (h)	400 m	50.08
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	33rd (h)	200 m	22.07
			27th (h)	400 m	48.56
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	19th (h)	200 m	22.16
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	9th (sf)	200 m	21.37
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	42nd (h)	100 m	10.79
			40th (h)	200 m	21.38
	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	15th (sf)	100 m	10.59
			10th (sf)	200 m	21.62
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	12th (sf)	100 m	10.50
			14th (sf)	200 m	21.19
	World Championships	Beijing, China	42nd (h)	100 m	10.42 NR
2016	South Asian Games	Guwahati, India	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m	10.41
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	200 m	21.15
	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	60 m	6.84
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	58th (h)	100 m	10.47
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	4th	100 m	10.42
			6th	200 m	21.23
	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	4th	100 m	10.37
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	40th (h)	100 m	10.45
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	19th (sf)	100 m	10.63
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	17th (sf)	100 m	10.56
			11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	41.80
	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	10.45
			3rd	200 m	21.22
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	14th (p)	100 m	10.70
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	38th (h)	60 m	6.87
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	54th (h)	100 m	10.83
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	31st (h)	100 m	10.60
			24th (h)	200 m	21.69
2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	32nd (h)	100 m	10.71
			10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	42.19
2024	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	22nd (h)	60 m	6.95
	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	37th (h)	60 m	6.93

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.33 (+1.9 m/s) (Kingston 2016) NR
• 200 metres – 20.75 (+1.0 m/s) (Bangalore 2016) NR
• 400 metres – 47.48 (Kingston 2013) NR

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.75 (Doha 2016) NR

Notes and References

1. Web site: SAAID Hassan . incheon2014ag.org . The 17th Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee . https://web.archive.org/web/20150101161725/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5109215&lang=en . 2015-01-01 . dead.
2. News: Malsa. Mariyam. 3 December 2019. Saaid bags Maldives' first gold medal at SAG. The Edition. Male, Maldives. 3 December 2019.