Aziz Zakari
Personal information
Born (1976-09-02) 2 September 1976
Accra, Ghana
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
CountryGhana
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100m, 200m
4 x 100m relay
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m 6.63s
100m: 9.99s
200m 20.23s
Medal record
Representing  Ghana
Men’s athletics
IAAF World Athletics Final
Silver medal – second place2005 Monaco100 m
Bronze medal – third place2004 Monaco100 m
African Championships in Athletics
Gold medal – first place2000 Algiers100 m
Gold medal – first place2000 Algiers200 m
Gold medal – first place2000 Algiers4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2010 Nairobi100 m
Bronze medal – third place2010 Nairobi4 x 100 m relay

Abdul Aziz Zakari (born September 2, 1976) is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana.[1]

Participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he made it to the final of the 100 metres, but failed to finish after becoming injured at about the 35m mark.

Also participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved second place in his 100 metres heat, thus making it through to the second round. Heading into the second round, he was victorious in a tough sprint, before achieving qualification from his semi-final. This good form was not able to continue, as he failed to finish in the final, staged on August 22, renowned as possibly the fastest collective 100 metre race in history, where six of the seven finishing athletes completed the race in ten seconds or less.

He finally, for the first time, achieved a sub-10 second run on June 14, 2005, in Athens when he ran 9.99 seconds in Asafa Powell's world record breaking race. The Ghanaian record currently belongs to Leonard Myles-Mills with 9.98 seconds.[2]

In July 2006, Zakari was reported to have failed a drugs test for the banned substance stanozolol. The test was conducted In-Competition on 29 April 2006 at the IAAF Grand Prix Meeting in Dakar.[3] On 25 September 2006 the IAAF suspended him for two years. After his suspension Zakari participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in which he ran the fourth time in his 100 metres heat, behind Richard Thompson, Martial Mbandjock and Simone Collio. His time of 10.34 was the third losing time after the 10.25 of Nobuharu Asahara, advancing him to the second round. There he improved his time to 10.24, but finished in fifth place of his heat, causing his elimination from the competition.[1]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Distance Time Wind Location / Date
100 m 9.99 s + 0.5 m/s Rieti / 28 August 2005
200 m 20.23 s + 0.2 m/s Algiers / 14 July 2000

Indoor

Distance Time Location / Date
60 m 6.63 s Boston / 1 February 2003

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete biography: Aziz Zakari". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-09-10. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Ghanaian athletics records". athlerecords.net. Archived from the original on June 8, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Provisional Suspension Announcement". IAAF.org. 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
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