Mubarak Al-Nubi Explained

Mubarak Sultan Faraj Al-Nubi (Arabic: مبارك سلطان النوبي فرج ; born 30 December 1977) is a retired Qatari athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. He is the brother of Olympic long jumper Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi.^[1] He represented his country at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 1997 and 2003. He was twice a silver medallist at the IAAF World Cup.

At regional level, he won three gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the Asian Athletics Championships and participated at three Asian Games, being the runner-up in 2002. In addition, he has medals from the Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships and the Arab Athletics Championships. His personal best of 48.17 seconds is the Qatari record for the event.

International competitions

Representing
1994	Asian Junior Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	400 m hurdles	51.21
1995	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m hurdles	50.17
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.64
	Asian Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	400 m hurdles	50.17
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	bgcolor=gold	1st	400m hurdles	49.07
			—	4 × 400 m relay	DNF
	Asian Junior Championships	New Delhi, India	1st	400 m	47.15
			1st	400 m hurdles	50.76
1997	Pan Arab Games	Beirut, Lebanon	1st	400 m hurdles	48.95
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	12th (sf)	400 m hurdles	48.84
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	3rd	400 m hurdles	49.48
	Arab Championships	Ta'if, Saudi Arabia	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	49.63
1998	Asian Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	1st	400 m hurdles	48.71
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	2nd	400 m hurdles	48.17^[2]
	Asian Games	Asian Games	6th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.23
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
2001	Arab Championships	Damascus, Syria	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	50.07
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	400 m hurdles	48.67
		Madrid, Spain	2nd	400 m hurdles	48.96
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	2nd	400 m hurdles	48.98
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	7th	400 m hurdles	52.64
	Arab Championships	Amman, Jordan	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	49.66
	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	1st	400 m hurdles	49.19
2005	West Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	400 m hurdles	50.37
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.81
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	6th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.28^[3]
2009	Arab Championships	Damascus, Syria	3rd	400 m hurdles	51.74
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	3rd	400 m hurdles	50.19
2010	West Asian Championships	Aleppo, Syria	3rd	400 m hurdles	51.24
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	8th (h)	400 m hurdles	51.82

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025215/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/mubarak-sultan-al-nubi-faraj-1.html Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj
2. Representing Asia.
3. Did not start in the final.