Alaa Hikmat

Alaa Hikmat Jassim Al-Qaysi, born September 14, 1985,[1] is an Iraqi sprinter.

Alaa represented Iraq in the 100 metre sprint at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She finished last of eight in her heat, with a time of 12.70 seconds.[2] She told reporters:

"I feel I am representing all of the Iraqi people, not just the women. I started training for these Olympics in March, but because of the situation there, I couldn't train as well as I wanted to. If it was possible, I would have trained five to six times a week, but because of the bombs and explosions I often could not."[3][4]

Alaa lives in Baghdad.[2]

References

  1. "Alaa Jassim", L'Equipe
  2. 1 2 "Olympics flash by for young Iraqi sprinter" at the Wayback Machine (archived August 21, 2004), Mail & Guardian, August 20, 2004
  3. "The Race of Their Lives", Washington Post, August 21, 2004
  4. "From behind the veil", Sydney Morning Herald, August 21, 2004

See also


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