Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla

{{Short description|Sudanese-born Qatari middle-distance runner}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla

| image = An excited Musaeb Balla after beating Nigel Amos at 2015 Beijing World Championship.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| caption = Balla in 2015

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|03|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Khartoum, Sudan{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/musaeb-abdulrahman-balla-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074859/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/musaeb-abdulrahman-balla-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}

| height = 1.76 m

| weight = 60 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = 800 m

| club =

| collegeteam =

| education =

| coach = Jama Aden

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}

{{MedalCountry | {{QAT}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Hangzhou|800 m}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Doha|800 m}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Doha|4×400 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Astana|800 m}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan Arab Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Doha | 800 m }}

}}

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Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla ({{langx|ar|عبدالرحمن بله}}; born 19 March 1989 in Khartoum) is a Sudanese-born Qatari middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres.{{World Athletics}} He represented Qatar at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as two outdoor and three indoor World Championships.{{cite news |url=http://en.omriyadat.com/asian-athletics/qatari-runner-balla-arrested-in-spanish-doping-probe |title=Qatari runner Balla arrested in Spanish doping probe |date=21 June 2016}}

Competition record

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colspan="6" | Representing {{QAT}}
2007

| Asian Championships

| Amman, Jordan

| 10th (h)

| 800 m

| 1:57.11

rowspan=3 | 2008

| rowspan=2 | Asian Indoor Championships

| rowspan=2 | Doha, Qatar

| 4th (sf)

| 800 m

| 1:51.93

bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:17.93

Asian Junior Championships

| Jakarta, Indonesia

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 800 m

| 1:52.45

rowspan=2 | 2010

| Asian Indoor Championships

| Tehran, Iran

| bgcolor=silver | 2nd

| 800 m

| 1:54.25

Asian Games

| Guangzhou, China

| bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd

| 800 m

| 1:46.19

2011

| Pan Arab Games

| Doha, Qatar

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 800 m

| 1:45.92

rowspan=2 | 2012

| World Indoor Championships

| Istanbul, Turkey

| 15th (sf)

| 800 m

| 1:49.51

Olympic Games

| London, United Kingdom

| 22nd (sf)

| 800 m

| 1:47.52

rowspan=7 | 2013

| rowspan=2 | Arab Championships

| rowspan=2 | Doha, Qatar

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 800 m

| 1:45.90

bgcolor=silver | 2nd

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:09.55

rowspan=2 | Asian Championships

| rowspan=2 | Pune, India

| 4th

| 400 m

| 46.45

bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 800 m

| 1:46.92

World Championships

| Moscow, Russia

| 11th (sf)

| 800 m

| 1:45.43

Jeux de la Francophonie

| Nice, France

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 800 m

| 1:46.57

Islamic Solidarity Games

| Palembang, Indonesia

| bgcolor=silver | 2nd

| 800 m

| 1:44.19

rowspan=4 | 2014

| Asian Indoor Championships

| Hangzhou, China

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 800 m

| 1:50.27

World Indoor Championships

| Sopot, Poland

| –

| 800 m

| DQ

Continental Cup

| Marrakech, Morocco

| 7th

| 800 m

| 1:48.501

Asian Games

| Incheon, South Korea

| 6th (h)

| 800 m

| 1:49.502

rowspan=4 | 2015

| Arab Championships

| Isa Town, Bahrain

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 800 m

| 1:46.74

rowspan=2 | Asian Championships

| rowspan=2 | Wuhan, China

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 800 m

| 1:49.40

bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:02.50

World Championships

| Beijing, China

| 6th

| 800 m

| 1:47.01

rowspan=3 | 2016

| rowspan=2 | Asian Indoor Championships

| rowspan=2 | Doha, Qatar

| bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 800 m

| 1:46.92

bgcolor=gold | 1st

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:08.20

World Indoor Championships

| Portland, United States

| 5th

| 800 m

| 1:48.31

2022

|GCC Games

|Kuwait City, Kuwait

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|1:49.83

2023

|Asian Indoor Championships

|Astana, Kazakhstan

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|800 m

|1:49.68

1Representing Asia

2Disqualified in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

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