Personal information | |
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Full name | Mohamed Fakhri Ismail |
Born |
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
6 March 1991
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Brunei |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Sprint |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.93 s (2015) |
Updated on 29 August 2015. |
Mohamed Fakhri Ismail (born 6 March 1991) is a male Bruneian sprinter. He represented his nation Brunei in the men's 100 metres at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ismail also boasted a national record of 10.59 seconds, which he registered at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Ismail competed for the Bruneian team in the men's 100 metres. He posted a time of 10.92 seconds to progress further from the prelims as one of the eight fastest sprinters of the field, before rounding out the first of eight heats in ninth place with a 10.95, almost half a second shy of his personal best. Ismail also served as Brunei's flag bearer during the parade of nations segment of the opening ceremony.