About Nabil Nahri
Born 1958. Nabil Nahri is a Syrian athlete and athletics competitor.
Nabil Nahri (; born 10 June 1958) is a former athlete and best Syrian sprinter of all time. He competed in the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
In the qualifying 100 m run, he took fifth place in his race (10.67 s), but did not advance to the further part of the competition (34th out of 65 sprinters). It was similar in the 200 m race, Nahri achieved fifth result in the heat (22.14 s) and did not qualify for the next round (40th out of 57 runners).
Two-time individual medalist at the 1979 Arab Athletics Championships, won gold in the 100 m and two silver in the 200 m and 4×100 m. Participated at the 1985 World Indoor Championships but was eliminated in the 60 and 200 metres heats.
Personal bests Outdoor 100 m – 10.4 wind (Baghdad 1980) 100 m – 10.67 NR (Moscow 1980) 200 m – 21.45 NR (Baghdad 1979) Indoor 60 m indoor – 7.07 (Paris 1985) 200 m indoor – 23.47 (Paris 1985) 400m – 48.8 (Damascus 1978)
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Nabil Nahri was born on 10 June 1958.
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