Mohamed Fakhri Ismail

Mohamed Fakhri Ismail
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Fakhri Ismail
Born (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991
Bandar Seri Begawan,
Brunei
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country  Brunei
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m: 10.93 s (2015)
Updated on 29 August 2015.

Mohamed Fakhri Ismail (born 6 March 1991) is a male Bruneian sprinter. He represented his nation Brunei in the men's 100 metres at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China[1] and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ismail also boasted a national record of 10.59 seconds, which he registered at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.[2]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Ismail competed for the Bruneian team in the men's 100 metres.[2] He posted a time of 10.92 seconds to progress further from the prelims as one of the eight fastest sprinters of the field, before rounding out the first of eight heats in ninth place with a 10.95, almost half a second shy of his personal best.[3] Ismail also served as Brunei's flag bearer during the parade of nations segment of the opening ceremony.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's 100 metres qualification results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 Yunus, Fadhil (13 August 2016). "Fakhri eyes good timing in Rio". Borneo Bulletin. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Athletics: Men's 100m Preliminary Round – Heat 1". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Yee, Chun Leong (5 August 2016). "Fakhri Brunei's flag bearer at Rio Olympics opening ceremony". The Brunei Times. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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