Zourah Ali
Personal information
Born (1994-11-23) November 23, 1994 (age 29)
Ali Sabieh, Djibouti[1]
Height5'3.5"
Weight117 lb (53 kg)
Sport
Country Djibouti
SportAthletics
Event400m

Zourah Ali also known as Souhra Ali Mohamed (born 23 November 1994) is a Djiboutian runner. She competed in the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 400m event, which she completed in 1:05.37 minutes. She did not place high enough in her heat to be qualified to the semifinals as she finished in 44th place and with the second slowest time in that race.[2] After the Olympics, Zourah was sponsored by the Republican Guard, which is the branch of military that guards the president. Zourah was the only female athlete for the Republican Guard for a period of time, but with the addition of athletes such as Kadra Mohamed Dembil, they expanded their female team.[3] She was the flag bearer for Djibouti at the opening ceremony.[4]

She participated at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, and 2011 Pan Arab Games in Doha, 2017 Pan Arab Games in Baku, 2019 Arab Championships in Cairo, and 2019 African Games in Rabat.

She again competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the 1500 metres event.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Souhra Ali Mohamed". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Jones, Rachel. "The woman who needed to run". The Week. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  4. ^ Staff (27 July 2012). "London 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Athletics - ALI MOHAMED Souhra". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

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Olympic Games Preceded bySalah Houssein Ahmed Flagbearer for  Djibouti London 2012 Succeeded byAbdi Waiss Mouhyadin


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