Amos Ali
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| Nationality | Papua New Guinean | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 August 1975 Vanimo, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprinting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Amos Ali (born 21 August 1975) is a Papua New Guinean sprinter. He won medals at the Pacific Games and competed in the men's 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres, and 4 × 400 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career
[edit]At the 1995 Pacific Games, Ali ran the third leg for the gold-medal-winning Papua New Guinean 4 x 100 m team. Their time of 40.29 seconds was both a national record and a new championship record, both of which remained unbroken as of 2021[update].[2] He also won bronze medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres.[3]
He entered in the 200 m, 4 × 100 m, and 4 × 400 m at the 1996 Olympics.[4] He ran 21.37 seconds in the 200 m to place 5th in his heat. He was scheduled to anchor the Papua New Guinean 4 × 100 m team, but they did not finish their heat.[5] In the 4 × 400 m, Ali ran the third leg for his team and they ran 3:19.92 for 7th in their heat.[6]
Ali also holds a tie for the fastest 60 metres ever run by a Papua New Guinean of 6.7 seconds.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Ali later became an athletics coach. He coached the only athlete from Sandaun Province to compete at the 2022 Papua New Guinean Athletics Championships.[8] He coached Anthony Tanfa, who said, "my dream is to be like Amos Ali".[9] He was part of the Papua New Guinean delegation to the 2024 Summer Olympics.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amos Ali Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ↑ "Legend Akia eager to help PNG athletes achieve goals". thenational.com.pg.
- ↑ Amos Ali at Athletics Podium
- ↑ Amos Ali at Olympedia
- ↑ Amos Ali at World Athletics
- ↑ Amos Ali at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
- ↑ "Former PNG sprinter passes away". postcourier.com.pg.
- ↑ "Legend Solo athlete aims to impress". thenational.com.pg.
- ↑ "Sprint after the golden dream". postcourier.com.pg.
- ↑ "Athletics Grand Prix continues". postcourier.com.pg.
External links
[edit]- Amos Ali at World Athletics
- Amos Ali at Olympics.com
- Amos Ali at Olympedia
- Amos Ali at InterSportStats
