Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha
يعقوب محمد اليوحة
Al-Youha at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)110 m hurdles, 100 m, 200 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m – 10.48 (2014)
200 m – 22.00 (2015)
110 mH – 13.35 (2019)[1]

Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha (Arabic: يعقوب محمد اليوحة; born 31 January 1993) is a Kuwaiti sprint runner specialising in the high hurdles. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships reaching the semifinals. He won silver medals at the Asian championships in 2014–2017.

His personal best in the 110 metres hurdles is 13.35 set in Doha in 2019. It is the current national record.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Kuwait
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan – 110 m hurdles DNF
2012 Asian Junior Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 7th 110 m hurdles (99 cm) 14.05
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 19th (sf) 110 m hurdles (99 cm) 13.91
West Asian Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates 3rd 110 m hurdles 14.69
2013 Arab Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 110 m hurdles 14.07
Islamic Solidarity Games Palembang, Indonesia 4th 110 m hurdles 14.00
2014 Asian Indoor Championships Hangzhou, China 2nd 60 m hurdles 7.90
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 7th 110 m hurdles 13.83
2015 Arab Championships Isa Town, Bahrain 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.37 (w)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.75
Asian Championships Wuhan, China 2nd (h) 110 m hurdles 13.661
2016 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd 60 m hurdles 7.65
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.59
Arab Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st 110 m hurdles 13.48 (w)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 40.83
World Championships London, United Kingdom 21st (h) 110 m hurdles 13.562
2018 West Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 1st 110 m hurdles 14.13
2019 Arab Championships Cairo, Egypt 1st 110 m hurdles 13.74
Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.35
World Championships Doha, Qatar 15th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.57
2021 Arab Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st 110 m hurdles 13.71
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 31st (h) 110 m hurdles 13.69
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 12th (sf) 60 m hurdles 7.59
GCC Games Kuwait City, Kuwait 1st 110 m hurdles 13.65 (w)
Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.30 (w)
2023 Asian Indoor Championships Astana, Kazakhstan 4th 60 m hurdles 7.70
West Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 1st 110 m hurdles 13.67
Arab Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 1st 110 m hurdles 13.58
Arab Games Oran, Algeria 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.67
Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.56
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 16th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.44
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 1st 110 m hurdles 13.41

1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the semifinals

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