| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 March 1988 Kuwait City,  Kuwait |
| Home town | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University, Tualatin High School |
| Sport | |
| Country | Kuwait |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Mid Distance Runner |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | Athens 2004 |
Dana or Danah Al-Nasrallah (born 7 March 1988) is a Kuwaiti female track and field athlete competing in sprinting events. In 2004, she became the first Kuwaiti female Olympic competitor. [1] [2]
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Kuwait competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 24 events in 7 sports.
Danah is a feminine given name, and may refer to:
Nasrallah is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by Muslims, Christians, and other Arabs. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, and Al-Nasrallah. Bearing the surname often indicates that the family adopted the name Nasrallah from one of its patrilineal ancestors.
Kuwait competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 23 competitors, all men, took part in 17 events in 5 sports.
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Kuwait competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 16 events in 9 sports.
Kuwait has competed in 12 Summer Games. To date, Kuwait has won three bronze Olympic medals. The nation has never participated in any Winter Olympic Games.
Dana Hussain Abdul-Razak Al-Khafaji also known as Danah Hussein is a sprinter on Iraq's national track and field team, coached by Yousif Abdul-Rahman. Due to the International Olympic Committee ban on Iraq competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, there were concerns that she might be unable to participate, despite qualifying for the 100- and 200-meter sprint events. The ban was, however, subsequently lifted. She was the only athlete on Iraq's 2008 Olympic team to train within the war-torn country. In Beijing she competed at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed sixth in a time of 12.36 which was not enough to advance to the second round.
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Dana is a unisex given name. It was among the 100 most popular names given to girls born in the United States between 1960 and 1990. It has since fallen in popularity and was ranked the 446th most popular name given to girls born in the United States in 2007. As a male forename it is well known in the United States, being in the 314th rank out of 1,219 in the 1990 U.S. Census.
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Events in the year 2021 in Kuwait.
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