![]() Ahmad Hazer in 2017 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Beirut, Lebanon | 4 September 1989
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
Event | 110 metres hurdles |
Ahmad Hazer (born 4 September 1989) is a Lebanese hurdler. He holds several national records including the 110m hurdles.
Hazer grew up in Beirut, Lebanon. His older brother, Ali Hazer, is also an athlete. [1]
He competed in the 60 m indoor hurdles at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships with a time of 8.36 s [2] and in the 110 meter hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics with a time of 14.82, as he came in last in the first round, heat four, and was eliminated. [3] [4] Hazer holds several Lebanese records, including the 110 m hurdles and 300 m. [5] He was the first Lebanese athlete to run sub 14s over 110m hurdles. [6]
Hazer tested positive for the anabolic steroid Metenolone, in an out-of-competition control 11 June 2013. He was subsequently handed a two-year ban from the sport. [7] [8]