Abubaker Kaki Khamis

Abubaker Kaki Khamis (born 21 June 1989) is a Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Elmuglad.

In February 2008 he ran a World Leading 2:15.7 in the 1000 m indoors in Sweden. On March 9, 2008 in Valencia, Kaki became the youngest ever World Indoor champion after winning the 800 m final at age 18 years and 262 days.^[1] On June 6, 2008 he won the Bislett Games Golden League meeting in Oslo by running 1:42.69, a new World Junior Record. The previous record (1:43.64) was set by Japheth Kimutai of Kenya in 1997.^[2]

Kaki competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[3]

He is a member of the Messiria ethnic minority.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	3rd	1500 m
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	6th	800 m
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	800 m^[5]
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	800 m
	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2nd	4x400 m relay
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	800m

Personal bests

800 metres - 1:42.69 min (2008) - Sudanese national record, world junior record ^[6]
1000 metres - 2:15.7 min (2008) - world indoor record ^[7], world leading time 2008, Sudanese national record
1500 metres - 3:39.71 min (2008)