Mohamed Mahbub Alam
Personal information
NationalityBangladeshi
Born(1972-10-01)1 October 1972
Died4 December 2010(2010-12-04) (aged 38)
Kanchpur, Narayanganj District, Bangladesh
Sport
SportSprinting
Event200 metres

Mohamed Mahbub Alam (1 October 1972 – 4 December 2010)[1] was a Bangladeshi sprinter. In men's 200 metres sprint, he won gold in the 1995 South Asian Games in Madras and silver in the 1999 South Asian Games in Kathmandu.[2][1] He also earned the national record of 10.54 seconds in the 100 metres sprint which 1996 Bangladesh National Athletics Championship.[1] He received 2013 Bangladesh National Sports Award in the athletics category.[3]

Career

Alam competed in the men's 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics but failed to finish the race.[4] Alam later served as a member of the executive committee of Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "A sprint cut short". The Daily Star. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "10th South Asian Games; Colombo 2006; Dimming hopes in athletics". The Daily Star. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "PM hands over Nat'l Sports Awards Dec 23". The Daily Star. 16 December 2003. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mohamed Mahbub Alam Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2017.


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