Abderrahmane Hammadi

Abderrahmane Hammadi (Arabic: حماديعبد الرحمن; born 24 March 1984) is an Algerian former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. He competed internationally for Algeria between 2003 and 2011.

Abderrahmane Hammadi
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Algeria
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place2011 Maputo400 m hurdles
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal – first place2007 Cairo400 m hurdles
African Championships
Silver medal – second place2008 Addis Ababa400 m hurdles

He was the gold medallist at the 2011 All-Africa Games and the 2007 Pan Arab Games.[1][2] His personal best is 49.84 seconds, which is a former Algerian national record and set during a silver medal run at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics.[3] He was also the winner at the 2011 Arab Athletics Championships.[4]

Hammadi began his international career with a bronze medal at the 2003 African Junior Athletics Championships and followed up with a senior bronze at the Islamic Solidarity Games two years later.[5][6] He won his first Algerian national title in the 400 m hurdles in 2006.[7]

He was a two-time participant at the Summer Universiade (2007, 2009).

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2003 African Junior Championships Garoua, Cameroon 3rd 400 m hurdles 52.15
2004 North African Athletics Championships Algiers, Algeria 2nd 400 m hurdles 51.67[8]
2005 Islamic Solidarity Games Mecca, Saudi Arabia 3rd 400 m hurdles 50.91
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 16th (semis) 400 m hurdles 56.78
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.85
All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 10th (h) 400 m hurdles 50.86
Pan Arab Games Cairo, Egypt 1st 400 m hurdles 50.77
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2nd 400 m hurdles 49.84 NR
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia — (semis) 400 m hurdles DNF
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 1st 400 m hurdles 50:48
Arab Championships Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 1st 400 m hurdles 51.10

References
  1. Makori, Elias (2011-09-15). From Daegu to Maputo, Jeylan and Montsho rule! - All Africa Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-23.
  2. Results November 2007 - Pan Arab Games. Athletics Africa. Retrieved on 2010-07-08.
  3. 2008 African Championships Results. TunisAthle. Retrieved on 2016-08-23.
  4. Pan Arab Championships, Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) 26-29/10/2011. Africa Athle (2011-10-29). Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
  5. African Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-23.
  6. Islamic Solidarity Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-23.
  7. Algerian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-23.
  8. North African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-23.
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