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| Nationality | Emirati | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 August 1987 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||
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Ali Mohamed Al-Balooshi (born 4 August 1987) is an Emirati middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [1]
Al-Balooshi made his international debut at the 2003 World U18 Championships, where he placed 6th in his 800 m heat and was the only Emirati athlete to qualify in that event. [2] The following year, Al-Balooshi qualified for the 2004 Asian Junior Athletics Championships where he finished 7th in the 800 m. [3]
Al-Balooshi won his first Emirati national title in April 2004, setting a national U20 800 m record of 1:50.85. At the 2004 Arab Youth Athletics Championships, Al-Balooshi qualified for the finals and finished 6th in the 800 m. [2]
He ended his season at the 2004 Olympic 800 m, where he placed 8th in his heat and did not advance. [4] [5] He did not expect to qualify for the finals, saying in Arabic that the Olympians were of a higher level and required more racing strategy to run against. Despite not advancing, Al-Balooshi said that he didn't underperform. [6]
At the 2005 Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships in Manama, Al-Balooshi qualified for the 800 m finals and finished 7th. He also qualified for the 2005 World University Games 800 m, placing 5th in his heat. [2] Al-Balooshi also participated in the Gulf Cooperation Council youth cross country running championships, placing in the top 10 individually and winning a team medal. [7] He was honored by Lamine Diack following his accomplishments of the 2005 season. [8]
Al-Balooshi became a national champion for the second time at the 2006 Emirati Athletics Championships, which he followed up with his first international gold medal at the 2006 Gulf Cooperation Council Junior Athletics Championships edition in Saudi Arabia. He ended his season at the 2006 Asian Games, where he was selected to run the 2nd leg of the Emirati 4 × 400 m team. His team was disqualified from the finals. [2]
Al-Balooshi placed 4th in the 'B' 800 m at the 2010 Yellow Pages meet in Johannesburg. [2]
