Country Oman Height 1.71 m Sport Athletics Weight 67 kg | Name Barakat Al-Harthi Events 100 metres Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born June 15, 1988 (age 35) ( 1988-06-15 ) | ||
Athletics | Men's 100m | 16 May
Barakat Mubarak Al-Harthi (Arabic: بركات مبارك الحارثي; born 15 June 1988) is an Omani sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
He was born in Ibra. He competed at the 2009, 2013 and 2015 World Championships and the 2010 and 2014 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.
Al-Harthi won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China in the 100m, which was Oman's only medal in the Games.
His personal best times are 6.67 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha; 10.05 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2016 in Stara Zagora; and 20.77 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved 2011 in Manama.
He ran at the 2011 Pan Arab Games but his sample came back positive for banned substances and he was banned for six months. He returned to competition at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.