Noc: | SOM |
Country: | Somalia |
Year: | 2019 |
Games: | African Games |
Games Link: | 2019 African Games |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Somalia |
Nocname: | Somali Olympic Committee |
Website: | |
Location: | Rabat, Morocco |
Competitors: | 11 |
Competitors Men: | 7 |
Competitors Women: | 4 |
Sports: | 3 |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Somalia competed at the 2019 African Games[1] [2] held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.[3] In total, athletes representing Somalia competed in three sports and did not win any medals.
See main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games.
Somalia had two male competitors compete in athletics; Abdirashid Yusuf Ali who competed in the men's 800 metres and Abdullahi Jama Mohamed who participated in the men's 1500 metres.[4] [5]
Abdirashid Yusuf Ali did not qualify to compete in the semifinals and Abdullahi Jama Mohamed finished in 9th place in the final.[5]
See main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games. Four men[6] and one women, Ramla Said Ahmed Ali, represented Somalia in the Boxing events at the games. On Ahmed Ali competed in the Women's featherweight event.[7] On 24 August, she lost her match against Marcelat Sakobi Matshu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[8]
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games. Somalia had three women[9] and one man, Abdulahi Faud Dahir, participate in Taekwondo at the games in 2019.[10]