Ismail Abakar

Ismail Doudai Abakar (born 1 January 2004) is a Qatari hurdler.

Career
He won gold in the 400m hurdles and silver in the 400m at the 2022 Arab U20 Athletics Championships in Radès, Tunisia. He competed at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.

In February 2023, he was a silver medalist at the Asian Indoor Championships in the 4x400m relay in Kazakhstan. In May 2023, he lowered his personal best in the 400m hurdles to 49.18 seconds at the 2023 Doha Diamond League.

In June 2023, he was Asian U20 champion over both 400m and 400m hurdles in Yecheon, South Korea. In Bangkok in July 2023, he was a bronze medalist as part of the Qatari 4x400m team at the Asian Championships. In October 2023 in Hangzhou he reached the final of the 400 metres at the delayed 2022 Asian Games, and was a silver medalist in the 4x400m relay.

In Potchefstroom, South Africa in March 2024, he ran a personal best time of 48.68 in the 400m hurdles that also met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics Games. In May 2024, he ran as part of the Qatari team at the World Athletics Relay in Nassau, Bahamas. That month, he competed in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 Doha Diamond League. He lowered his 400m hurdles personal best to 47.72 seconds at the London Athletics Meet on 20 July 2024.