Yaqoob Salem Yaqoob Explained

Yaqoob Salem Eid Yaqoob^[1] ^[2] (ar|يعقوب سالم عيد يعقوب, born 1 March 1996 in Nigeria) is a Bahraini sprinter. He holds the national record for 200m.

Yaqoob is currently serving a four year competition ban (2023-2027) due to an anti-doping regulation violation in relation to testing positive for stanozolol.^[3]

Career

Yaqoob competed at the 2015 Military World Games in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He reached the final of the 100m and the semi-final of the 200m.

Yaqoob competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, and reached the semi-finals of the 200 metres.^[4] He holds the national record having run the 200m in 20.19 seconds.^[5]

Personal bests

100 metres – 10.37 seconds (2015)^[6]
200 metres – 20.19 seconds (2016)^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: أبطال ألعاب القوى يهدون المملكة ميداليتين ذهبيتين بالألعاب الآسيوية. 28 August 2018. Al-Watan. 6 April 2019.
Web site: أديدونغ تكسب ذهبية 200 متر وتتزعم سباقات السرعات في أسياد جاكرتا. Akhbar Al Khaleej. 6 April 2019.
Web site: Global List of Ineligible Persons - Bahrain . 26 August 2024.
Web site: Salem Eid Yaqoob. Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 18 August 2016. 25 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161125192825/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/yaqoob-salem-eid-yaqoob. dead.
Web site: Aaron Brown qualifies for the 200m semifinals. olympics.cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 August 2016. 16 August 2016.
Web site: Salem Eid Yaqoob. iaaf.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. 18 August 2016.
Web site: Payne. Aidan. Bahrain's Yaqoob and Seurei advance. News of Bahrain. 18 August 2016. 17 August 2016.