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.
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| Full name | Zainab Bakkour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Syria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1978 Damascus, Syria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 5000 m: 17:03.60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Personal bests
editCompetition record
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1993 | Arab Championships | Latakia, Syria | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:45.4 |
| 2nd | 3000 m | 10:54.7 | |||
| 1996 | Arab Junior Championships | Latakia, Syria | 2nd | 10,000 m | 41:04.42 |
| 1998 | Arab Championships | Damascus, Syria | 1st | 5000 m | 17:52.9 |
| 1st | 10,000 m | 37:21.1 | |||
| 1st | Half Marathon | 1:27:1 | |||
| Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 9th | 5000 m | 17:56.63 | |
| 7th | 10,000 m | 36:11.94 | |||
| 1999 | Arab Championships | Beirut, Lebanon | 1st | 800 m | 2:15.67 |
| 1st | 1500 m | 4:45.1 | |||
| 1st | 5000 m | 17:37.85 | |||
| 1st | 10,000 m | 38:29.03 | |||
| 1st | Half Marathon | 1:31:46 | |||
| Pan Arab Games | Amman, Jordan | 3rd | Half Marathon | 1:18:11 | |
| 2001 | Arab Championships | Damascus, Syria | 2nd | 5000 m | 17:21.9 |
| 2nd | 10,000 m | 36:23.88 | |||
| 2003 | Arab Championships | Amman, Jordan | 2nd | 10,000 m | 36:39.2 |
| 2nd | Half Marathon | 1:24:58 | |||
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 39th (q) | 5000 m | 17:18.66 |
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zainab Bakkour". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Zainab Bakkour". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "مشاركة رمزية لسورية في أثينا" [Syria's symbolic participation in Athens] (in Arabic). Al-Hayat. 4 August 2004. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's 5000m Round 1 – Heat 1". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
