Zainab Bakkour

Zainab Bakkour (Arabic: زينب بكور; born March 29, 1978, in Damascus) is a retired Syrian long-distance runner.[1] She represented her nation Syria at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also ran her own personal best and a national record of 17:03.60 in the women's 5000 metres at the 2000 Syrian Athletics Championships in Damascus.[2] She was the best Syrian and Arab long-distance runner in 1990s.

Zainab Bakkour

Personal information
Full name	Zainab Bakkour
Nationality	Syria
Born	(1978-03-29) 29 March 1978 Damascus, Syria
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5000 m: 17:03.60
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Syria Pan Arab Games 1999 Amman Half Marathon Arab Championships 1998 Damascus 5000 m 1998 Damascus 10000 m 1998 Damascus Half Marathon 1999 Beirut 800 m 1999 Beirut 1500 m 1999 Beirut 5000 m 1999 Beirut 10000 m 1999 Beirut Half Marathon 1993 Latakia 3000 m 2001 Damascus 5000 m 2001 Damascus 10000 m 2003 Amman 10000 m 2003 Amman Half Marathon 1993 Latakia 1500 m

Bakkour qualified as a lone female athlete for the Syrian squad in the women's 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by granting a tripartite invitation from the Syrian Olympic Committee and the IAAF.[3] She ran a seasonal best of 17:18.66 to obtain an eighteenth spot in a field of twenty registered athletes, but did not advance further in the final, trailing behind the leader Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia by a wide, two-minute gap.[4]