Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
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| Born |
March 6, 1999 Fukuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida | ||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) |
100m: 10.05 (2017) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (サニブラウン・アブデル・ハキーム Saniburaun Abuderu Hakīmu, March 6, 1999) is a Japanese athlete specialising in sprinting events. Sani Brown has Japanese mother and a Ghanaian father.[2] Sani Brown won the 100 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics setting a championship record of 10.28 (−0.4) in the final.[3]
Sani Brown finished as runner up at the 2015 Japanese senior National Championships in both the 100m and the 200m, but did not run a qualifying time for the world championships in either event. His 200m personal best was 20.56.[2] At the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics Sani Brown equalled his personal best of 10.30 in the 100m heats to set a new championship record before running 10.28 into a -0.3 headwind to improve that mark in the final. Three days later he doubled by winning the 200 metres in 20.34 into a -0.7 headwind. The time was .16 faster than the championship qualifying standard, thereby punching Sani Brown's ticket to the world championships[4] as a sixteen year old.
At the 2015 World Championships Sani Brown qualified for the semi-final round against athletes who were at least three years his senior.
In Japan, Sani Brown ran for Josai High School, a private high school operated by the same corporation that operates Josai University[5] in the Toshima ward of Tokyo.[6] In 2016, he committed to the University of Florida.[7]
Japan's top 10 records for men's 100m
| Rank | Time (sec) | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Team | Place | Date |
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| 1 | 9.98 | +1.8 | Yoshihide Kiryu | Toyo University | Fukui | 9 September 2017 |
| 2 | 10.00 | +1.9 | Koji Ito | Fujitsu | Bangkok | 13 December 1998 |
| +0.2 | Ryota Yamagata | Seiko Holdings | Osaka | 24 September 2017 | ||
| 4 | 10.02 | +2.0 | Nobuharu Asahara | Osaka Gas | Oslo | 13 July 2001 |
| 5 | 10.03 | +1.8 | Shingo Suetsugu | Tokai University | Mito | 5 May 2003 |
| 6 | 10.05 | +0.6 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Tokyo Athletics Association | Osaka | 24 June 2017 |
| 7 | 10.07 | +1.9 | Masashi Eriguchi | Waseda University | Hiroshima | 28 June 2009 |
| +1.8 | Shuhei Tada | Kwansei Gakuin University | Fukui | 9 September 2017 | ||
| 9 | 10.08 | +1.9 | Shota Iizuka | Mizuno | Totori | 4 June 2017 |
| -0.9 | Asuka Cambridge | Nike | Osaka | 23 June 2017 | ||
References
- ↑ "Abdul Hakim Sani Brown - Player Profile - Athletics".
- 1 2 Johanna Gretschel (July 11, 2015). "World Youth Sweep Is Step One For Sani Brown". Milesplit.com. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Championships U18 Records". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Injury dashes Rio hopes for Japanese sprint prospect". 22 June 2016.
- ↑ "城西大学附属 城西中学･高等学校". Josaigakuen.ac.jp. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ "交通アクセス". Josaigakuen.ac.jp. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ Nagatsuka, Kaz (10 November 2016). "Star sprinter Sani Brown decides to attend University of Florida" – via Japan Times Online.
