Mariam Kareem
Emirati sprinter (born 2008)
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Mariam Kareem (born 25 January 2008) is an Emirati sprinter and hurdler. She represented the United Arab Emirates at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
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| Born | 25 January 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | Sprint, Hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Kareem represented the United Arab Emirates in the 100 metres at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, running a personal best 13.26 seconds without advancing from the preliminary heats.[2] In September 2024, she set a national junior record of 24.30 seconds in the 200 metres at the Arab Junior Athletics Championship (under 18), held in Taif, Saudi Arabia. She also won the 100 m title at the same championships.[3]
In April 2025, she won two gold medals with victories in the 200 m and 400 m hurdles races at the 2025 Asian U18 Athletics Championships in Saudi Arabia. She was subsequently named Best Asian Under-18 Female Athlete at the 2025 Asian Athletics Awards.[4] The following month, she placed eighth in the 400 metres hurdles final at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea.[5] In September 2025, she set a new personal best of 57.66 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles to take a world under-18 lead.[6] In November 2025, she won the 400 m hurdles silver medal at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games, running 57.42 seconds in the final.[7]
In August 2026, she was a finalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships in the United States.[8][9]
