Ali bin Ahmad

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Ali Ahmad
Personal information
Full nameAli bin Ahmad
NationalitySingaporean
Born (1924-01-01) 1 January 1924 (age 101)
Singapore
Died
Singapore
Sport
Sport Athletics

Ali bin Ahmad (born 1 January 1924) is a Singaporean sprinter and sprinting coach.

In 1940, Ali became the first Singaporean to run the 100 yards in 10 seconds, when still a schoolboy at Victoria School and had his name appeared in the Hall of Fame. [1] [2] [3] The timing also equalled the Malayan record. [4]

Ali later became a coach with the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association, coaching Singapore's top sprinters from 1950s to 1990s. [5] His proteges include Olympian Kesavan Soon, [6] two-time Olympian C. Kunalan, Tang Ngai Kin, [7] Harun Mundir [8] and Mona Kunalan [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "NEW 100 YARDS RECORD". Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle . 15 July 1940 – via NewspaperSG.
  2. ↑ "Victorious Victorians". The Singapore Free Press. 5 April 1960. p. 10. Retrieved 18 January 2024– via NewspaperSG.
  3. ↑ "THE 14TH OLYMPIAD' COMES TO TOWN". Morning Tribune. 13 September 1948. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Schoolboy Shines In Singapore Athletics". The Straits Times. 14 July 1940. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Lifting juniors to the heights". The Straits Times. 10 November 1983. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "How Jesse Owens unearthed a Singapore track star". Singapore National Olympic Council.
  7. ↑ "No fuss preparations". New Nation. 3 December 1978. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Helpless Haron". The Straits Times. 27 April 1983. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "I WOULD CONFRONT HIM". The New Paper. 11 March 1994. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Mona forsakes teaching career to train full time". The Straits Times. 28 April 1992. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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