Maryam Yusuf Jamal

Quick Facts

Full Name	Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Occupation	Middle-Distance Runner
Date Of Birth	Sep 16, 1984(1984-09-16)
Age	40
Birthplace	Arsi Province
Country	Ethiopia
Horoscope	Virgo

Maryam Yusuf Jamal Biography

Maryam Yusuf Jamal is one of the most popular and richest Middle- Distance Runner who was born on September 16, 1984 in Arsi Province, Ethiopia. Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Arabic: mrym Jml: ywsf ; Oromo: Maryam Yuusuf Jamaal) (born Zenebech Tola) (born 16 September 1984) is a Bahraini middle distance runner. She was one of the very first Bahraini athlete to be awarded an Olympic medal with a gold medal (originally bronze, later upgraded following Doping-related violations) at the women’s 1500m race at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. It was the only Olympic medal awarded to an athlete from an Gulf state. Born in Ethiopia the year 2005 was her first full year. She set the record for Ethiopian nationals and also ran the fastest 3000 meters of the year, running the time of 8:28.87 in a race held in Oslo. Jamal is an Olympic champion twice in the 1500 mrace, winning at in 2007 as well as 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

She participated in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, but was stopped during the final that led to being disqualified from the Silver champion Yuliya Chizhenko. She defeated the event’s winner, Tatyana Tomashova, soon afterward to win gold medal at the 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final. Following a bronze medal win in the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Jamal defeated Tomashova twice in major events in the year following in bringing Asia victory in 1500 m race at in the IAAF World Cup and winning in the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final. The year ended with a double 800/2000 m during the 2006 Asian Games.

At the start of the next season, she competed at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships and ran a close indoor 1500 m against Gelete Burka. Sobeleva set a world record for the victory but was later stripped of the title. Burka was elevated to gold while Jamal gained the silver medal, which she won in an Asian record time of 3:59.79. She did not build on her World Championship success with an Olympic medal as she finished fifth in the 1500 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Another win at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final closed the year.

She represented Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing fifth in the 1500 m final. Jamal has also had much success at regional competitions: winning two gold medals at the 2006 Asian Games in addition to the Asian Cross Country Championships in both 2007 and 2009.

After winning the 3000m at Oslo in July in 2005, her picture was featured in the world’s media for sports. The short shorts she wore and a sleeveless midriff-wearing top caused some outrage in Bahrain which was led by the MP Hamad Al-Muhannadi. In 2004 Bahraini winner Ruqaya Al Ghasra participated at the Athens Olympics completely covered. Bahrain Athletics Association vice- president Mohammed Jamal claimed that the organization was contemplating giving new sportswear to Ms. Jamal that covered her stomach and legs from knee to ankle. However, comments from Mohammed Jamal show that to not be a reality.

Maryam Yusuf Jamal Net Worth

Maryam Yusuf Jamal is one of the richest Middle-Distance Runner from Ethiopia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maryam Yusuf Jamal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2004 she and her husband applied for asylum on the basis of political ideology from Lausanne, Switzerland. She had applied for multiple citizenship documents before Bahrain granted the papers to her the following year. She first applied to be a citizen of France, the US, Canada and France. Bahrain is eager to build the image of a sport, granted this for the condition that she changed her name to one that was an Arabic one, and to take part at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar in 2006.

Jamal later quit Ethiopia along with her husband, Tariq Yaqoob due to economic and political problems. She had qualified her time in at the 2004 Summer Olympics however, she was apparently denied the right to represent her Ethiopia by her country’s Ethiopian Athletic Federation due to the competitive nature of the country and also the political situation.

She turned her skills to cross country running at the start of 2007: she took first place at the Cinque Mulini and went on to win the individual and team gold medals at the Asian Cross Country Championships. At the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Jamal passed Yelena Soboleva in the last 200 metres to win the women’s 1500 metres, winning the only gold medal for Bahrain. She made it a third consecutive World Final victory at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, finishing ahead of Soboleva (who was later disqualified for switching urine samples to avoid drug testing).

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Maryam Ranked on the list of most popular Middle-Distance Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ethiopia. Maryam Yusuf Jamal celebrates birthday on September 16 of every year.