Ahmed Abdelwahed

Ahmed Abdelwahed

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 29) Rome, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	3000 metres steeplechase
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best	3000 m s'chase: 8:12.04 (2021)
Medal record European Championships 2022 Munich 3000 m st. Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 3000 m st. European U23 Championships 2017 Bydgoszcz 3000 m st.

Abdelwahed at Tokyo 2020.

Ahmed Abdelwahed (born 26 May 1996 in Rome) is an Italian steeplechase runner of Egyptian origin who won a bronze medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. ^[1] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 3000 m steeplechase. ^{[2] [3]} His parents are from Egypt.

Abdelwahed is currently serving a four year competition ban set to run from 2023 to 2027 in relation to an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for meldonium at the 2022 European Athletics Championships. ^{[4] [5]} His appeal to the CAS was dismissed in August 2025. ^[6]

Personal bests

• 3000 metres steeplechase: 8:21.54 - Ostrava, 19 May 2021 ^[7]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2017	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz	2nd	3000 m st	8:37.02
	Summer Universiade	Taipei	8th	3000 m st	8:47.72
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona	3rd	3000 m st	9:00.01
2022	European Championships	Munich	2nd	3000 m st	8:22.35	Provisionally disqualified pending appeal

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 3000 metres steeple-chase: 2019

See also

• Italy at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
• Naturalized athletes of Italy

References

1. "NOC Medallist by Sport - Italy". tarragona2018.cat. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
2. "ABDELWAHED Ahmed". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . Retrieved 2 September 2021.
3. "Athletics ABDELWAHED Ahmed". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
4. "Steeplechase medalist suspended for meldonium". ESPN.com. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
5. "Italian steeplechase runner Ahmed Abdelwahed given maximum 4-year ban in doping case". Associated Press. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
6. Kelsall, Christopher (22 August 2024). "The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed appeal of Ahmed Abdelwahed against a 4-year doping ban". Athletics Illustrated.
7. "Abdelwahed, che progresso in Belgio!". fidal.it. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

External links

• Ahmed Abdelwahed at World Athletics
• Ahmed Abdelwahed at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Ahmed Abdelwahed at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Ahmed Abdelwahed at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
• Ahmed Abdelwahed at Olympedia