Umar Osman | |
Fullname: | Umar Bin Osman |
Birth Date: | 8 August 2003 |
Birth Place: | Johor, Malaysia |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Sprinting |
Coach: | Simon Lau |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Umar Osman[1] (born 2003) is a Malaysian sprinter. He is the current Malaysian 400 metres outdoor record holder with a time of 46.09 seconds.[2]
Umar was born at Johor, Malaysia.[3] Umar currently studies industrial design at Ibrahim Sultan Polytechnic at Pasir Gudang, Malaysia.[4]
Umar trained under Simon Lau and qualified for the 2023 SEA Games. On his first SEA Games' participation, Umar won the gold medal in the men's 400m event and broke Malaysia's 400m national record. Umar also won the bronze medal in the men's 4x400m event with Firdaus Zemi, Ruslem Zikry Putra Roseli and Tharshan Shanmugam with a time of 3mins 8.82s.[5]
Following the SEA Games, Umar was unable to train regularly under Lau as Lau moved to Singapore as chief coach for the Singapore Sports School.
Umar joined Zoom Club in Singapore to participate in competitions held in Singapore and was paid to represent the club.
In July 2023, Umar failed to qualify for the finals of the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in the men's 400m event after clocking 46.42 seconds in the semi-finals.[6]