Zid Abou Hamed

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Zid Abou Hamed (born 22 April 1970) is a retired Australian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.

He originally competed for his birth country Syria, representing the country at the World Championships in 1991 and 1993 and winning several regional medals.

He then changed nationality to Australia, was ineligible for the 1996 Summer Olympics^[1] but started at the at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 World Championships. In February 1999 in Sydney he achieved a career best time of 48.87 seconds.

When he was not selected for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he appealed to the Australian Olympic Committee but lost.^[2] As a result he competed for Syria instead.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event	For country
1991	Asian Championships	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	400 m hrd[3]	Syria
1992	Pan Arab Games	Latakia, Syria	3rd	400 m hrd[4]	Syria
1993	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	1st	400 m hrd[3]	Syria
	Mediterranean Games	Narbonne, France	1st	400 m hrd[5]	Syria
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	1st	400 m hrd[5]	Syria
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	400 m hrd[6]	Australia
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	8th	400 m hrd	Australia

[edit] References

IAAF profile for Zid Abou Hamed

1. ^ Australian Olympic Committee
2. ^ "Olympic Committee finalises Australian team", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 26 August 2000. Retrieved on 2007-05-25. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Asian Championships - GBR Athletics
4. ^ Pan Arab Games - GBR Athletics
5. ^ ^{a b} Mediterranean Games - GBR Athletics
6. ^ 1998 Commonwealth Games men's results - Sporting Heroes