Somalia_at_the_2019_African_Games

Somalia at the 2019 African Games

Somalia at the 2019 African Games

Sporting event delegation

Somalia competed at the 2019 African Games[1][2] held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.[1][3] In total, athletes representing Somalia competed in three sports and did not win any medals.

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Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games

Somalia had two male competitors compete in athletics; Abdirashid Yusuf Ali who competed in the men's 800 metres and Abdullahi Jama Mohamed who participated in the men's 1500 metres.[4][5]

Abdirashid Yusuf Ali did not qualify to compete in the semifinals and Abdullahi Jama Mohamed finished in 9th place in the final.[5]

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games

Four men[note 1] and one women, Ramla Said Ahmed Ali, represented Somalia in the Boxing events at the games. On Ahmed Ali competed in the Women's featherweight event.[6] On 24 August, she lost her match against Marcelat Sakobi Matshu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[7]

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games

Somalia had three women[note 2] and one man, Abdulahi Faud Dahir, participate in Taekwondo at the games in 2019.[8]

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Hassan Muse Abdi, Omar Abdi Ali Jumale, Mahmod Said, and Adan Ahmed Mohamed
  2. [N 2]
    Munirah Warsame Abdiwahid [simple], Nasteeha Abdi Mohamed, and Ilhan Adam Ismail

References

  1. [1]
    Makokha, Consolata (26 April 2019). "Kenya announce dates for men's All Africa Games qualifiers". The Star. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Kenya to play Ghana in warmup matches for Africa Games basketball qualifiers". Xinhua. Nairobi. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Things you need to know about the Rabat 2019 African Games". Olympic Channel. 27 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. [4]
    "African Games (Athletics) Sport & NOC Entries by Event Somalia". wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. [5]
    "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. [6]
    "African Games (Boxing) Sport & NOC Entries by Event Somalia". wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. [7]
    "African Games (Boxing) Results Women's Feather (57kg) Preliminaries". wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  8. [8]
    "African Games (Taekwondo) Sport & NOC Entries by Event Somalia". wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net. Retrieved 25 August 2019.


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