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Maryam Jamal

Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Maryam Jamal Birmingham indoor 2010.jpg
Jamal at the 2010 Aviva Grand Prix
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Bahrain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 1500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Osaka 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin 1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Valencia 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sopot 3000 m
IAAF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 Athens 1500 m
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 1500 m
Asian Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Amman Senior race
Gold medal – first place 2009 Manama Senior race

Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Amharic: ማሪያም፡ ዩሱፍ፡ ጃማል?) (Arabic: مريم يوسف جمال‎‎) (born Zenebech Tola) (Amharic: ዘነበቸ፡ ቶላ?) (born 16 September 1984) is a Bahraini middle-distance runner. She is the first Bahraini athlete to win an Olympic medal, a bronze medal in the 1500m women's race, in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Born in Ethiopia, 2005 was her first full season. She gained the national record and ran the fastest 3000 m of the year, with a time of 8:28.87 at a race in Oslo. Jamal is a two-time world champion in the 1500 m, having won at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

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.


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