Rashid Al-Mannai Explained

Rashid Al-Mannai
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Weight:72kg (159lb) (2014)
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Sport:Athletics
Event:High jump, triple jump
Pb:HJ – 2.28 m (2010)[2]
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Rashid Ahmed Al-Mannai (Arabic: أحمد راشد المناعي; born 18 June 1988) is a Qatari track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump and triple jump.

Biography

Born in Doha, he started competing internationally in 2005 and finished eleventh at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and set a personal best of 2.10 metres for 14th at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships. He competed at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing the following year, but did not get past the qualification round.[3] He finished twelfth at the 2006 Asian Games later that year, jumping 2.10 metres.

He enjoyed his first regional successes in 2007 – he set a Qatari record of 2.24 metres to take the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games (a mark which was also a Games record).[4] He represented Qatar at the 2007 Pan Arab Games in November and won a silver medal behind Salem Al-Anezi, with a jump of 2.17 m.[5] A few months later, he returned to action with an appearance at the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in his hometown. The high jump gold went to Sergey Zasimovich but Al-Mannai still reached the podium, taking the bronze medal.[6]

He set an outdoor national record in Doha in April 2008, clearing 2.20 m for the win and an outdoor best.[3] After a year out from competition, Al-Mannai returned by setting a personal best of 2.27 m in Malmö, which earned him an appearance at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup. Representing the Asia-Pacific team, he cleared both 2.21 m and 2.25 m on his second attempts, but he cleared the bar first time at 2.28 m – a new personal best and closer to Mutaz Essa Barshim's new Qatari record. It was a surprise win over 2007 World Champion Donald Thomas and marked the first high jump medal and victory by an Asian at the competition.[7]

Competition record

Representing
2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakech, Morocco11thHigh jump2.08 m
Asian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea14thHigh jump2.10 m
West Asian GamesDoha, Qatar5thHigh jump2.10 m
2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China17th (q)High jump2.10 m
Asian GamesDoha, Qatar12thHigh jump2.10 m
2007Arab ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan8thHigh jump2.11 m
Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan15thHigh jump2.10 m
Asian Indoor GamesMacaubgcolor=gold1stHigh jump2.24 m
Pan Arab GamesCairo, Egyptbgcolor=silver2ndHigh jump2.17 m
2008Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rdHigh jump2.18 m
2010Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran4thHigh jump2.17 m
West Asian ChampionshipsAleppo, Syriabgcolor=gold1stHigh jump2.25 m
Asian GamesGuangzhou, China3rdHigh jump2.19 m
2011Asian ChampionshipsSeville, Spain8thHigh jump2.10 m
Pan Arab GamesDoha, Qatar3rdHigh jump2.21 m
2013Arab ChampionshipsDoha, Qatarbgcolor=silver2ndTriple jump16.40 m
Asian ChampionshipsPune, India5thTriple jump15.98 m
Jeux de la FrancophonieNice, France6thTriple jump16.30 m
2014Asian GamesIncheon, South KoreaTriple jumpNM
2015Arab ChampionshipsIsa Town, Bahrainbgcolor=silver2ndTriple jump15.97 m (w)
Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China7thTriple jump16.06 m
Military World GamesMungyeong, South Korea4thTriple jump16.27 m
2016Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rdTriple jump15.97 m
2017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan10thTriple jump15.31 m
Arab ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia4thTriple jump15.85 m
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistan3rdTriple jump15.99 m
2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia11thTriple jump15.92 m

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20141229230226/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5100890&lang=en 2014 Asian Games profile
  2. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=18818&Gender=M Rashid Ahmed Al-Mannai
  3. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=qat/athcode=208686/index.html Al-Mannai Rashid Ahmed Profile
  4. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2007-11-01). Kazakh quartet betters Asian relay record – 2nd Asian Indoor Games, Final day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-04.
  5. http://www.africathle.com/gb/perso/perf/112007.html Results November 2007 – Pan Arab Games
  6. http://www.qatarathletic.com/asia-ind/3d-asian-indoor.htm 3rd Asian Indoor Championship
  7. Arcoleo, Laura (2010-09-04). EVENT Report – Men's High Jump. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-04.