Mikail Al
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| Born | 2 August 2003 Şırnak, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, 5000 m | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Istanbul BB SK | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 1500 m: 4:01.19 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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Mikail Al (born 2 August 2003) is a Turkish Paralympian athlete. He is competing in the men's 1500 m middle and 5000 m long-distance running events of T13 disability class.
Sport career
[edit]Visually impaired middle and long-distance runner Mikail Al was a member of Diyarbakır GESK,[1] where he was coached by the visually impared national athlete Mehmet Nesim Öner.[1] He then transferred to Istanbul BB SK.[2]
He competed in the 1500 m and 5000 m of the T13 class events at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, France. In the 1500 m, he ranked fourth with his personal best time of 4:01.50. With this result, he secured a quota for participation at the 2024 Paris Paralimpics. He could not finish the 5000 m run.[1]
At the Italian Open 2024 Grand Prix in Jesolo, he captured the gold medal in the 1500 m T13 event improving his personal best time to 4:01.19, and won another gold medal in the 5000 m T13 event with 15:28.57.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Mikail Al was born in Şırnak, southeastern Turkey on 2 August 2003.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Başal, Murat; Damlanur Teyhun (16 August 2023). "Şırnaklı atlet, dünya şampiyonası ve paralimpik oyunlarında kürsüye çıkmak için çalışıyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "İBB Spor Kulübü 24 sporcusuyla olimpiyat yolcusu". Demirören News Agency (in Turkish). 18 July 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Para Atletizm Italya Grand Prix'i Sona Erdi" (in Turkish). Görme Engelliler Spor Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Mikail Al". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- 2003 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Şırnak
- Turkish blind people
- Visually impaired sprinters
- Male competitors in athletics with disabilities
- Turkish male middle-distance runners
- Visually impaired middle-distance runners
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen
- İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor sportspeople
- Paralympic athletes for Turkey
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics