Six members and officials of the Qatar Athletics Federation elected to membership of Arab and Asian federation committees
Qatar athletics has recorded a new triumph, on top of the federation’s biggest achievement: the election of HE Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad, President of the Qatar Athletics Federation, as President of the Asian Athletics Association, in which he affirmed that Qatar would lead Asian athletics toward the ambition and hope he holds for Asia to become the largest continent in the world in terms of its standing in athletics. The new achievement is the election of six members and technical staff of the federation to membership of Arab and Asian federation committees, the first time this number of the federation’s members and officials have held membership of Arab and Asian federation committees. They are as follows:
• Mr Mohammed Jassim Al Kuwari – Secretary General of the Qatar Athletics Federation – was elected a member of the board of the Arab Athletics Federation and chairman of the statistics and data committee, on 6 May 2013 at the general assembly meeting of the Arab Athletics Federation held in Jeddah, and is also a member of the GCC athletics organising committee.
• Mr Mohammed Ahmed Suleiman – Assistant Secretary General of the Qatar Athletics Federation – was elected a member of the cross-country committee of the Asian Athletics Association.
• Mr Abdulhakim Mohammed Al Omari – board member and chairman of the technical committee of the Qatar Athletics Federation – was elected a member of the technical committee of the Asian Athletics Association, and is also a member of the technical committee of the GCC athletics organising committee.
• Ms Mai Yousef Al Mohammadi – board member – was elected to the women’s committee in both the Arab and Asian federations.
• Dr Jabbar Rahima Al Kaabi – technical expert of the Qatar Athletics Federation – was nominated as a member of the technical committee of the Arab Athletics Federation.
• Mr Taher Righi – technical director for the national teams’ age categories – was nominated as a member of the technical committee of the Arab Athletics Federation.
