Maryam Yusuf Jamal
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Middle-distance runner representing Bahrain. She became the first Bahrain athlete and the first woman representing a Gulf state to win a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She won two gold medals at the 2006 Asian Games.
Before Fame
She had qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics, however, Ethiopia did not allow her to represent the country.
Trivia
She won the 2007 and 2009 World Championships in Athletics in the 1500 m. In 2009 she became the first female athlete to win twice at the Asian Cross Country Championships previously having won in 2007.
Family Life
She is from Ethiopia. She left seeking political asylum with her husband Tariq Yaqoob.
Associated With
She along with distance runners Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, and Tirunesh Dibaba were born in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.
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