| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Pakistan |
| Born | 15 February 1979 Khanewal, Pakistan |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 110 m hurdles & 60 m hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 110 m hurdles: 14.24 s 60 m hurdles : 7.95 s (National record) |
Abdul Rashid (born 15 February 1979) is a Pakistani former sprint hurdler. [1] Rashid represented Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 110 m hurdles. He ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Ronald Forbes of the Cayman Islands and three-time Olympian Dudley Dorival of Haiti. He finished the heat in the last place, nearly two seconds behind Dorival, with a time of 14:52, twenty-eight hundredths of a second slower than his personal best of 14:24. Rashid, however, failed to advance into the quarterfinal round, as he placed fortieth overall, based on his time and performance in the preliminary heats. [2] He made a national record of 7.95 s in the men's Indoor 60 m hurdles event on 14 November 2005 at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games in Pattaya, Thailand. He won a gold medal in 110 metre hurdles (14.33s) at the 2004 South Asian Games at Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad, Pakistan. He also won a bronze medal in 110 metre hurdles (14.62s) at the 2006 South Asian Games held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
