Mumin Gala

Mumin Gala

Mumin Gala at the 2012 Olympic Games
Personal information
Birth name	Moumin Guelleh
Born	(1986-09-06) September 6, 1986 (age 38) Djibouti City, Djibouti
Sport
Country	Djibouti
Sport	long-distance runner
Event	5000 metres
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Djibouti Pan Arab Games 2011 Doha 10,000 m

Mumin Booqora Gala or (Moumin Guelleh) (Somali: Muumin Geele) (born 6 September 1986 in Djibouti City, Djibouti) is a Djiboutian runner.^[1] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 5000m event and placed thirteenth.^[2]

Running career

In 2011, he took 7th place in the 5000 meters race during the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique. He was the 10000 m silver medalist at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in Doha. His personal best in the 5000 meters is 13 min 17 s 77 set in Birmingham, United Kingdom in 2011.^[1]

In 2012, he competed in the 5000 meters at the Olympic Games in London. Djibouti's National Olympic Committee (NOC), Comité National Olympique Djiboutien, selects athletes that meet the qualification standards. An NOC can to enter up to three qualified athletes in each individual event as long as each athlete met the "A" standard, or one athlete per event if they met the "B" standard. Mumin qualified via the A standard. Gala finished the first heat with a time of 13:21.21, finishing 10th in his heat. Although the first five from each heat move on to the finals, the next five fastest times are also qualified, and Gala was fifth on that list. Gala was close to his personal record of 13:17.77 in the first heat, but he finished the final with a time of 13:50.26 and placed 13th overall, out of a field of 43 athletes.^[1]

His 10000 m best is 28:23.46 set at the Blankers-Koen Stadium in Hengelo in 2012.^[1]

Gala continued competing at the Olympics by participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He set his personal record in the marathon, with a time of 2:13:04. Gala finished in 12th place.^[1]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Djibouti
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	21st (h)	5000 m	13:48.19
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	7th	5000 m	13:45.28
	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	5th	5000 m	13:50.43
			2nd	10,000 m	28:43.32
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	13th	5000 m	13:50.26
2013	Arab Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	5000 m	14:08.62
			3rd	10,000 m	29:54.20
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	–	10,000 m	DNF
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	10th	5000 m	14:02.16
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12th	Marathon	2:13:04
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	–	Half marathon	DNF
2022	African Championships	Port Louis, Mauritius	11th	5000 m	14:22.51
			10th	10,000 m	29:57.43
2023	Jeux de la Francophonie	Kinshasa, DR Congo	1st	10,000 m	28:47.15
			1st	Half marathon	1:02:48
2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	9th	Half marathon	1:07:37

References

1. "Mumin Gala". IAAF. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mumin Gala". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-04-16.