Noor Hussain Al-Malki
Noor Hussain Al-Malki (born 1994) is an Arab sprinter, and a member of the Qatari Olympic Team for the London 2012 games.[1] By competing in London she became one of the first ever female athletes to represent the country at an Olympic Games.[2]
Malki was born in Doha on 21 October 1994,[3] the youngest of six brothers and five sisters. She weighs 44 kilograms (97 lb) and is 1.55 metres (5 ft 1 in) tall.[4] She began training as an athlete in 2008, under the guidance of Tunisian coach and former international middle-distance runner Naima Ben Amara. Although at first she lacked consistency in her training, she soon built a strong relationship with her coach, and became the fastest female Qatari athlete, winning the Qatar Association of Athletics Federation’s (QAAF) ‘Best Female Athlete’ in 2010-11.[2] Malki considers fellow Qatari Femi Ogunode to be her sporting idol, and hopes to "become an idol" for other Qatari girls in the future.[4]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Malki suffered a pulled hamstring steps out of the starting blocks. Her race ended in sudden pain on the track, eventually taken off in a wheelchair.[5]
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