Rashid Al-Mannai

Rashid Al-Mannai

Rashid Al-Mannai (right) in 2011.
Personal information
Born	18 June 1988 (age 27)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	72 kg (159 lb) (2014)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Qatar IAAF Continental Cup 2010 Split High jump Asian Indoor Games 2007 Macau High jump Pan Arab Games 2007 Cairo High jump

Rashid Ahmed Al-Mannai (Arabic: أحمد راشد المناعي; born 18 June 1988) is a Qatari track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump and triple jump.

Biography

Born in Doha, he started competing internationally in 2005 and finished eleventh at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and set a personal best of 2.10 metres for 14th at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships. He competed at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing the following year, but did not get past the qualification round.^[2] He finished twelfth at the 2006 Asian Games later that year, jumping 2.10 metres.

He enjoyed his first regional successes in 2007 – he set a Qatari record of 2.24 metres to take the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games (a mark which was also a Games record).^[3] He represented Qatar at the 2007 Pan Arab Games in November and won a silver medal behind Salem Al-Anezi, with a jump of 2.17 m.^[4] A few months later, he returned to action with an appearance at the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in his hometown. The high jump gold went to Sergey Zasimovich but Al-Mannai still reached the podium, taking the bronze medal.^[5]

He set an outdoor national record in Doha in April 2008, clearing 2.20 m for the win and an outdoor best.^[2] After a year out from competition, Al-Mannai returned by setting a personal best of 2.27 m in Malmö, which earned him an appearance at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup. Representing the Asia-Pacific team, he cleared both 2.21 m and 2.25 m on his second attempts, but he cleared the bar first time at 2.28 m – a new personal best and closer to Mutaz Essa Barshim's new Qatari record. It was a surprise win over 2007 World Champion Donald Thomas and marked the first high jump medal and victory by an Asian at the competition.^[6]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Qatar
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	11th	High jump	2.08 m
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	14th	High jump	2.10 m
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	17th (q)	High jump	2.10 m
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	12th	High jump	2.10 m
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	15th	High jump	2.10 m
	Asian Indoor Games	Macau	1st	High jump	2.24 m
	Pan Arab Games	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	High jump	2.17 m
2008	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	High jump	2.18 m
2010	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	4th	High jump	2.17 m
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	3rd	High jump	2.19 m
2011	Asian Championships	Seville, Spain	8th	High jump	2.10 m
	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	3rd	High jump	2.21 m
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	5th	Triple jump	15.98 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	6th	Triple jump	16.30 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	–	Triple jump	NM
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	7th	Triple jump	16.06 m
2016	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	Triple jump	15.97 m

References

1. 2014 Asian Games profile
2. Al-Mannai Rashid Ahmed Profile. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-04.
3. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2007-11-01). Kazakh quartet betters Asian relay record – 2nd Asian Indoor Games, Final day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-04.
4. Results November 2007 - Pan Arab Games. Athletics Africa. Retrieved on 2010-09-04.
5. 3rd Asian Indoor Championship. Qatar Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2010-09-04.
6. Arcoleo, Laura (2010-09-04). EVENT Report - Men's High Jump. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-04.