Yusuf Saad Kamel
| File:Youssef Saad Kamel Berlin 2009.jpg Kamel at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gregory Konchellah March 29, 1983 Narok, Kenya |
| Sport | |
| Country | File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain |
| Sport | Men's athletics |
Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 metres |
| Retired | 2016 |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800 m: 1:42.79 min (2008) 1500 m: 3:31.56 min (2009) |
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Yusuf Saad Kamel (Arabic: يوسف سعد كامل), born Gregory Konchellah (born March 29, 1983) is a male former middle-distance runner who competed in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Born in Narok, Kenya – the son of former two-time 800 metres World Champion Billy Konchellah – he represented Bahrain internationally. Kamel won the gold in the 1500 m and bronze in 800 m at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin.[1]
In early 2009 he stopped competing for Bahrain claiming unpaid salary and bonuses. He was willing to compete for Kenya, but his Kenyan passport was held by Bahraini officials. Without a passport, he was unable to compete in any competition. Several other Kenyan runners who took Bahraini citizenship have also left Bahrain and are vying to compete for Kenya.[2] However, he returned to the track in July 2009 at the Athletissima meeting, still representing Bahrain. Subsequently, Athletics Kenya stopped to handle his attempt to compete for Kenya.[3]
At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu he only participated at the 1500 m but just failed to qualify for the final.
He trained with PACE Sports Management under Ricky Simms.
Statistics
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Circuit wins
[edit | edit source]- 800 metres
- Memorial Van Damme: 2008.
- ISTAF Berlin: 2004.
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of middle-distance runners
- List of eligibility transfers in athletics
- List of World Athletics Championships medalists (men)
- List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation
- List of Asian Games medalists in athletics
- List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (men)
- 800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics
- 1500 metres at the World Championships in Athletics
References
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- ^ The East African, June 8, 2009: Konchellah ‘back’ home
- ^ The Standard, July 13, 2009: Konchella throws spanner in the works
External links
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- Pace Sports Management[permanent dead link]
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Narok County
- Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province
- Bahraini men middle-distance runners
- Kenyan men middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Bahrain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Bahrain
- Asian Games athletes for Bahrain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Kenyan emigrants to Bahrain
- Naturalized citizens of Bahrain
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Bahrain
- Arab Athletics Championships winners
- 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
- Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)