Hamdi Ali

{{Short description|Chadian and Qatari high jumper}}   {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Hamdi Ali | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|day=15|month=Apr|year=1997|df=y}}<ref name="tilas">{{Tilastopaja|148932}}</ref> | birth_name = | full_name = '''Hamdi Ali ''' Hamdi Alamin Ali Hamdi Hamdi Alamine Hamdi Ali Hamdi Ali Tariq Hamdi Al Amin Hamdi Ali Hamdi Ali | nickname = | image = 2019-09-01 ISTAF 2019 High jump (Martin Rulsch) 027.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Ali at the 2019 ISTAF Berlin meeting | nationality = Chadian (until 2015)<ref name="tilas" /> Qatari (since Mar 2015) | sport = Athletics | event = High jump | club = | birth_place = Saudi Arabia<ref name="yahoo" /> | residence = | hometown = Doha, Qatar<ref name="wt" /> | retired = | death_date = | death_place = | website = | coach = Stanley Szczyrba Pavel Szczyrba<ref name="yahoo" /> | agent = | height =  | weight =  | pb = {{ubl |'''HJ''': 2.27m (2018) |'''HJ (indoor)''': 2.21m (2023) }} | collegeteam = West Texas A&M Buffaloes<ref name="wt">{{cite web |title=Hamdi Ali - 2022-23 - Men's Track and Field |url=https://gobuffsgo.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/hamdi-ali/11993 |website=West Texas A&M University Athletics |access-date=26 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>   | medaltemplates= {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{Flagu|Qatar}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Bydgoszcz|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|Asian Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2018 Tehran|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|Islamic Solidarity Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2017 Baku|High jump}} {{Medal|Gold|2021 Konya|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|Gulf Cooperation Council Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Kuwait City|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|Arab Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Oran|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|Arab Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Marrakesh|High jump}} }}

'''Hamdi Ali''' (full name '''Hamdi Mahamat Alamine Saleh'''; born 15 April 1997) is a Qatari high jumper. He was the winner of the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in the men's high jump, and he was a bronze medalist at the 2016 World Junior Championships.

==Biography== In 2015, with a 2.20 m high jump best at the age of 18, Ali left Saudi Arabia to train in Doha, Qatar with Mutaz Essa Barshim. Ali considers Barshim, who he has known since 2011, to be his mentor.<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |title=A day with: Hamdi Alamine - Aiming for Rio Olympics with Qatar mentor Mutaz Barshim |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/day-hamdi-alamine-aiming-rio-083000240.html?guccounter=1 |website=Yahoo News |access-date=27 October 2023 |date=11 September 2015}}</ref> Ali takes inspiration from U.S. rapper Tupac Shakur.<ref name="yahoo" />

Ali competed in a number of regional international championships starting in 2016, when he won the bronze medal at the IAAF World U20 Championships. In 2017, Ali won the Eberstadt Meeting title in the high jump.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hamdi Al Amin wins Eberstadt gold {{!}} Team Qatar |url=https://www.olympic.qa/media-center/hamdi-al-amin-wins-eberstadt-gold |website=www.olympic.qa |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>

In 2021, Ali won his first international gold medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hamdi Ali wins High Jump gold medal at Islamic Solidarity Games {{!}} Team Qatar |url=https://www.olympic.qa/media-center/hamdi-ali-wins-high-jump-gold-medal-islamic-solidarity-games |website=www.olympic.qa |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref> The next year, he won his second international championship, this time sharing the title with Olympic gold medalist Mutaz Essa Barshim at the 2022 Gulf Cooperation Council Games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Qatar's Mutaz Barshim and Hamdi Ali shared High Jump gold medal at GCC Games {{!}} Team Qatar |url=https://www.olympic.qa/media-center/qatars-mutaz-barshim-and-hamdi-ali-shared-high-jump-gold-medal-gcc-games |website=www.olympic.qa |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>

In 2022, Ali joined the West Texas A&M Buffaloes track and field team (an NCAA Division II school).<ref>{{TFRRS|8024089}}</ref> At West Texas A&M, Ali broke the school record in the high jump, setting a personal indoor best of 2.21 metres.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ali Breaks His Own School Record in the High Jump |url=https://gobuffsgo.com/news/2023/2/3/mens-track-and-field-ali-breaks-his-own-school-record-in-the-high-jump.aspx |website=West Texas A&M University Athletics |access-date=27 October 2023 |language=en |date=3 February 2023}}</ref>

==Statistics==

===Personal bests=== {| class=wikitable |- ! Event !! Mark !! Competition !! Venue !! Date |- | High jump || 2.27 m || Folksam Grand Prix || Karlstad, Sweden || 25 July 2018 |- | High jump (indoor) || 2.21 m {{AthAbbr|A}} || New Mexico Collegiate Classic || Albuquerque, New Mexico || 3 February 2023 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Athletics|14595052}} * {{Commons category-inline}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Hamdi}} Category:1997 births  Category:Qatari men high jumpers Category:Chadian men high jumpers                     Category:Living people Category:West Texas A&M Buffaloes track and field athletes Category:Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Qatar Category:Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics Category:Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Category:Sportspeople from Doha Category:Saudi Arabian emigrants to Qatar Category:Arab Games silver medalists Category:GCC Games winners         Category:21st-century Qatari sportsmen