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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