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}}
| 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 }}
}}
File:Bauhaus-galan 2015 10.jpg in Stockholm 2015.]]
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}} |
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2007
| 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
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 800 m | 1:52.45 |
rowspan=2 | 2010
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 800 m | 1:54.25 |
Asian Games
| bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 800 m | 1:46.19 |
2011
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 800 m | 1:45.92 |
rowspan=2 | 2012
| 15th (sf) | 800 m | 1:49.51 |
Olympic Games
| 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
| 11th (sf) | 800 m | 1:45.43 |
Jeux de la Francophonie
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 800 m | 1:46.57 |
Islamic Solidarity Games
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 800 m | 1:44.19 |
rowspan=4 | 2014
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 800 m | 1:50.27 |
World Indoor Championships
| – | 800 m | DQ |
Continental Cup
| 7th | 800 m | 1:48.501 |
Asian Games
| 6th (h) | 800 m | 1:49.502 |
rowspan=4 | 2015
| 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
| 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
| 5th | 800 m | 1:48.31 |
2022
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |800 m |1:49.83 |
2023
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |800 m |
1Representing Asia
2Disqualified in the final
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 600 metres – 1:15.99 (Stockholm 2013)
- 800 metres – 1:43.82 (Barcelona 2015)
Indoor
- 600 metres – 1:15.83 (Moscow 2014)
- 800 metres – 1:45.48 (Stockholm 2015)
- 1000 metres – 2:21.71 (Birmingham 2011)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{sports links}}
- [http://www.all-athletics.com/node/392382 Musaeb Abdulrahman BALLA] at All-Athletics.com
{{Footer Asian Champions men's 800 metres}}
{{Footer Asian Indoor Champions men's 800 metres}}
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Category:Qatari male middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes from Khartoum
Category:Olympic athletes for Qatar
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:Qatari people of Sudanese descent
Category:Sudanese emigrants to Qatar
Category:Naturalized citizens of Qatar
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Qatar
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Qatar
Category:Asian Games athletes for Qatar
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners
Category:Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Qatar
Category:Arab Games gold medalists
Category:Arab Athletics Championships winners
Category:21st-century Qatari sportsmen
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
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