Jimmy Adar

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Jimmy Adar at the 2010 Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague

Jimmy Adar (born 1 November 1987 in Lira) is a Ugandan middle-distance runner. He has represented his country at the Commonwealth Games twice, running in the heats at the 2006 Commonwealth Games before going on to finish fifth in the final of the 800 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [1] He has also competed at the African Games in 2007 and 2015, the African Championships in Athletics in 2008 and 2010, and was a bronze medallist at the 2005 African Junior Athletics Championships. [2]

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He holds personal bests of 1:46.36 minutes for the 800 metres and 3:40.47 minutes for the 1500 metres. He is a seven-time national champion, winning the 800 m in 2004, an 800/1500 m double in 2005 and 2006, another 800 m title in 2008, and a 1500 m title in 2014. [3] [4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2005 African Junior Championships Tunis, Tunisia3rd800 m1:48.79
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China5th (sf) 800 m 1:49.69
11th 1500 m 3:48.16
Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia10th (h) 800 m 1:49.33
14th (h) 1500 m 3:43.20
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria16th (sf) 800 m 1:57.95
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia11th (sf) 800 m 1:51.13
2010 Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India5th 800 m 1:49.57
7th (h) 1500 m 3:45.98
African Championships Nairobi, Kenya10th (sf) 800 m 1:50.30
10th 1500 m 3:41.00
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo16th (h) 800 m 1:52.34
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:11.53

National titles

References

  1. "Jimmy Adar". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. African Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  3. Jimmy Adar. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  4. Ugandan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-08-02.