Oumar Doudai Abakar
Qatari athlete (born 2005)
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Oumar Doudai Abakar (born 1 January 2005) is a Qatari hurdler. He is the national record holder over 110 metres hurdles and 60 metres hurdles.[1]
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| Nationality | Qatari | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m hurdles: 7.66 (2025) NR 110m hurdles: 13.37 (2025) NR | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
He was a silver medalist in the 110m hurdles at both the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships.[2] He won a bronze medal with the Qatari 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2023 Asian Championships.[3]
He won the gold medal at the 2024 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in a championship record time.[4] He competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[5] He ended 2024 as the sixth fastest under-20 athlete over 110m hurdles.[6]
He competed in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing where he set a new national record of 7.66 seconds whilst placing fourth in his semi-final.[7][8] He finished sixth in the 110m hurdles in May 2025 at the 2025 Doha Diamond League.[9] He set a new Qatari national record of 13.37 seconds for the 100 metres hurdles in Berlin in July 2025.[10] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in the men's 110 metres hurdles in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025.[11]
Personal life
His brother Ismail Abakar is also a hurdler.[12]