Baraah Awadallah
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Baraah Awadallah Marouane |
| Nationality |
 Jordan |
| Born |
21 December 1991 Irbid, Jordan |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 800 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800 m: 2:18.41 (2008) |
Baraah Awadallah Marouane (Arabic: براء عوض الله مروان; born December 21, 1991 in Irbid) is a Jordanian middle distance runner.[1] Awadallah represented Jordan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 800 metres. She ran in the first heat of the event, against six other athletes, including Russia's Svetlana Klyuka, who nearly missed out of the medal podium in the final. She finished the race in last place by fifteen seconds behind Australia's Madeleine Pape, with her personal and seasonal best time of 2:18.41. Awadallah, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-seventh overall, and was ranked farther below three mandatory slots for the next round. She was eventually upgraded to a higher overall position, when Croatia's Vanja Perišić had been disqualified for failing the doping test.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Baraah Awadallah". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 800m Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ "Croatian Athlete Perisic Failed Beijing Test". Dalje. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
External links
- Baraah Awadallah profile at IAAF
- NBC Olympics Profile