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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 108,330 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Samia Yusuf Omar is the 2,563rd most popular athlete (down from 1,836th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Somalia (down from 35th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Somali Athlete.

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  • 31.08

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  • 22

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  • 4.59

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  • 2.54

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Samia Yusuf Omar ranks 2,563 out of 3,059Before her are Vítězslav Veselý, Maxie Parks, Peter Rono, Patricia Girard, Frantz Kruger, and Mélina Robert-Michon. After her are Jakob Schubert, Gong Lijiao, Eva Lund, Eric Verdonk, Erben Wennemars, and Yarisley Silva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Samia Yusuf Omar ranks 388Before her are Markus Eisenbichler, Christa B. Allen, Tomomi Itano, Abdoulay Diaby, Jo Hyeon-woo, and Cody Garbrandt. After her are Ragnhild Haga, Poppy Drayton, Pablo, Will Grigg, Seychelle Gabriel, and Pontus Jansson. Among people deceased in 2012, Samia Yusuf Omar ranks 461Before her are James Abdnor, Johnny Lewis, Miki Roqué, Vigor Bovolenta, Jorge Andrés Boero, and Leslie Carter. After her are Ajmal Kasab, Sarah Burke, Andrew Breitbart, Rémi Ochlik, Doris Singleton, and Ghazala Javed.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Samia Yusuf Omar ranks 44 out of 50Before her are Abdirizak Haji Hussein (1924), Ilhan Omar (1982), Abdi Bile (1962), Abdiweli Gaas (1967), Mohamed Suleiman (1969), and Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed (1958). After her are Fartuun Adan (1969), Leyla Hussein (1980), Liban Abdi (1988), Ayub Daud (1990), Abdisalam Ibrahim (1991), and Mohammed Ahmed (1991).

Among ATHLETES In Somalia

Among athletes born in Somalia, Samia Yusuf Omar ranks 4Before her are Mo Farah (1983), Abdi Bile (1962), and Mohamed Suleiman (1969). After her are Mohammed Ahmed (1991).