Yaqoob Salem Yaqoob

Yaqoob Salem Eid Yaqoob[1][2] (Arabic: يعقوب سالم عيد يعقوب, born 1 March 1996 in Nigeria) is a Bahraini sprinter.

Yaqoob is currently serving a four year competition ban (2023-2027) due to an anti-doping regulation violation in relation to testing positive for stanozolol.

Yaqoob competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, and reached the semi-finals of the 200 metres.

[4] He holds the national record having run the 200m in 20.19 seconds.

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