ATHLETE

Samia Yusuf Omar

1991 - 2012

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Samia Yusuf Omar or Samiyo Omar (Somali: Saamiya Yuusuf Cumar; Arabic: سامية يوسف عمر; 25 March 1991 – April 2012) was a sprinter from Somalia. She was one of two Somali athletes who competed for their nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Omar had grown up in Mogadishu, and trained there during the Somali Civil War despite receiving harassment from local militia groups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samia Yusuf Omar has received more than 126,748 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Samia Yusuf Omar is the 3,490th most popular athlete (down from 2,562nd in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Somalia (down from 44th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Somali Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Samia Yusuf Omar ranks 3,490 out of 6,025. Before her are Li Huifen, Viktor Maigourov, Yoko Tanabe, Susan Williams, Anatoly Laryukov, and Svetlana Bazhanova. After her are Valarie Allman, Jakob Schubert, Takaharu Furukawa, Thomas Röhler, Takanori Nagase, and Martin Cross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Samia Yusuf Omar ranks 444. Before her are Tomomi Itano, Federico Santander, Misaki Doi, Eero Markkanen, António Félix da Costa, and Levina. After her are Young Thug, Shabazz Napier, Thomas Röhler, Henrik Ojamaa, Alberto Brignoli, and Keiynan Lonsdale. Among people deceased in 2012, Samia Yusuf Omar ranks 514. Before her are Arnaldo Mesa, Mika Yamamoto, Johnny Lewis, Leslie Carter, Miki Roqué, and Hollie Stevens. After her are Ajmal Kasab, Jorge Andrés Boero, Andrew Breitbart, Jaspal Bhatti, Tony Greig, and Sarah Burke.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Samia Yusuf Omar ranks 47 out of 58. Before her are Ali Mohammed Ghedi (1952), Abdi Bile (1962), Ilhan Omar (1982), Abdiweli Gaas (1967), Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed (1958), and Aden Madobe (1956). After her are Liban Abdi (1988), Mohamed Suleiman (1969), Asha Haji Elmi (1962), Abdi Nageeye (1989), Leyla Hussein (1980), and Ayub Daud (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In Somalia

Among athletes born in Somalia, Samia Yusuf Omar ranks 3. Before her are Mo Farah (1983), and Abdi Bile (1962). After her are Mohamed Suleiman (1969), Abdi Nageeye (1989), Mohammed Ahmed (1991), Shirley McCay (1988), Abdi Hakin Ulad (1991), and Hassan Mead (1989).

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