Yousef Ahmed Masrahi

Yousef Masrahi

Masrahi at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1987-12-31) December 31, 1987 (age 29) Najran
Sport
Country	Saudi Arabia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m
Medal record Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay 2014 Incheon 400 m 2010 Guangzhou 400 m 2014 Incheon 4×400 m relay Asian Championships 2011 Kobe 400 m 2011 Kobe 4×400 m relay

Yousef Ahmed Masrahi (Arabic:يوسف مسرحي) (born 31 December 1987 in Najran is a Saudi Arabian track and field athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres sprint. His personal best time for the event is 43.93 seconds, set in 2015, and is the Asian record.

Masrahi represented his country at the 2012 London Olympics and is a three-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (2009, 2013, 2015). He was the gold medallist at both the Asian Athletics Championships in 2011 and at the 2014 Asian Games. He was banned for doping in 2016.

His first international outing came in middle-distance events at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games. He failed to finish in the 800 metres, but set a national indoor record of 4:11.28 minutes in the 1500 metres heats. He won his first medal at the competition in the 4×400 metres relay, taking the gold alongside Hamdan Al-Bishi, Ali Al-Deraan and Hamed Al-Bishi. In the 2008 season he was based in California and began to run in the 200 metres and 400 metres instead, setting best times of 21.80 and 46.45 seconds in the events.