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| Full name | Umar Bin Osman | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 2003 Johor, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprinting | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Simon Lau | |||||||||||||||||
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Umar Osman [1] (born 2003) is a Malaysian sprinter. He is the current Malaysian 400 metres outdoor record holder with a time of 46.09 seconds. [2]
Umar was born at Johor, Malaysia. [3] Umar currently studies industrial design at Ibrahim Sultan Polytechnic at Pasir Gudang, Malaysia. [3] [4]
Umar trained under Simon Lau and qualified for the 2023 SEA Games. [3] On his first SEA Games' participation, Umar won the gold medal in the men's 400m event and broke Malaysia's 400m national record. [3] Umar also won the bronze medal in the men's 4x400m event with Firdaus Zemi, Ruslem Zikry Putra Roseli and Tharshan Shanmugam with a time of 3mins 8.82s. [5]
Following the SEA Games, Umar was unable to train regularly under Lau as Lau moved to Singapore as chief coach for the Singapore Sports School. [3] [4]
Umar joined Zoom Club in Singapore to participate in competitions held in Singapore and was paid to represent the club. [4]
In July 2023, Umar failed to qualify for the finals of the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in the men's 400m event after clocking 46.42 seconds in the semi-finals. [6]
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