Mohammad Al-Azemi

Mohammad Al-Azemi

Personal information
Born	(1982-06-16) 16 June 1982 (age 42)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Kuwait
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 metres 1,000 metres 1,500 metres 3,000 metres
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Kuwait Asian Games 2006 Doha 800 m Asian Championships 2011 Kobe 800 m 2011 Kobe 1500 m 2009 Guangzhou 800 m Asian Indoor Championships 2010 Tehran 800 m 2012 Hangzhou 800 m Asian Indoor Games 2007 Macau 800 m 2009 Hanoi 800 m 2005 Bangkok 800 m
Updated on 22 July 2012

Mohammad Mutlak Khalif Al-Azemi (Arabic: محمد خلف العازمي; born 16 June 1982)^[1] is a Kuwaiti middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. His 800 m personal bests of 1:44.13 minutes outdoors and 1:48.93 minutes indoors are the Kuwaiti records for the event. He represented his nation at the Olympic Games in 2004, 2008 and 2012, and has also made four appearances at the World Championships in Athletics (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011).

After a successful career as a youth, he rose to become one of Asia's best middle-distance runners. He was the silver medallist at the 2006 Asian Games and is a three-time Asian Indoor Games medallist. He became the Asian Indoor champion in 2010 and then completed an 800 m/1500 metres double at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships.