Maryam Yusuf Jamal
 Jamal at the 2010 Aviva Grand Prix |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Bahrain
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2012 London | 1500 m |
| World Championships | ||
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2007 Osaka | 1500 m |
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2009 Berlin | 1500 m |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
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2008 Valencia | 1500 m |
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2014 Sopot | 3000 m |
| IAAF World Cup | ||
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2006 Athens | 1500 m |
| Asian Games | ||
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2006 Doha | 800 m |
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2006 Doha | 1500 m |
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2010 Guangzhou | 1500 m |
| Asian Cross Country Championships | ||
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2007 Amman | Senior race |
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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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