The
president of Qatar Athletics Federation will be
the head of the Qatari youth team during the
competitions of the 5th World Athletics
Championship for Youth in Czech’s city of
Ostrava, 11-15 July 2007. The delegation,
departing Doha on 9/7/2007, includes: Mr. Khalid
Almeer (Director) and Mr. Mohamed Taher
(Administrator). The athletes who represent
Qatar in this championship are: Salman Almane
(High Jump), Maath Abdulrahman (2000m
Steeplechase), Abu Baker Omar (800m), Gabriel
Khan (10000m, Walk). The relay team (110m,
200m, 300m, and 400m) includes: Hassan Amman,
Iesa Mohamed, Saif Sabah, Mohamed Ahmed Almane,
Mohamed Ziad, and Mohamed Eid Alkwari.
The Qatari participation in this championship
emphasizes the vision and targets set by Qatar
Athletics Federation to highly develop the
athletics scene of Qatar worldwide. This
championship is organized under the supervision
of the International Association of Athletics
Federations since 1999 where it was first
organized in Poland in which Qatar won 1 gold, 1
silver, and 1 bronze medal, and ranked third
among participating countries. In the version of
this championship, held in Hungary during 2001,
the Qatari athletes managed to seize 3 gold, 2
silver, and 1 bronze medal, guarantying Qatar
the 5th rank in the final ranking order. In the
3rd and 4th versions of this championship
(Canada and Morocco), Qatar unfortunately could
not gain any medals.
