| 词条 | Aquil Abdullah |
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Rowing careerAbdullah won the silver medal in the single sculls at the 1999 Pan-American Games.[3] In 2000 he missed qualifying for the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia by 0.33 of a second.[4] He was also the single sculls winner in the 2002 United States national rowing championship. Abdullah won the Diamond Sculls race at the Henley Regatta in 2000. He defeated Simon Goodbrand by two-thirds of a boat length.[1] Abdullah was a member of the U.S. 2001 World Championship Rowing Team.[5] 2004 Summer OlympicsAbdullah paired with US Navy Officer Henry Nuzum for the 2004 Qualified Olympic Small Boat Trials in Windsor, NJ. Their qualifying time was 6:23.59.[6] Abdullah and Nuzum were also the first American men to qualify for the Olympic final in double sculls for twenty years.[4] At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Abdullah and Nuzum finished sixth in their race, 3.93 seconds slower that the bronze medal pace.[4] Personal lifeAbdullah was born in Washington, DC, on June 20, 1973.[4][7] Abdullah currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts, where he works as a software engineer. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Northwest Washington, D.C.. Woodrow Wilson is the only public school in DC with a rowing program.[8] He played on the football team, but began rowing in his senior year. He took a rowing scholarship to George Washington University and attended from 1992-1996. He majored in physics.[1][9] He also plays the saxophone. He was born with the name Aquil ibn Michael X. Shumate. When his father, Michael Shumate, converted to Islam when Aquil was 6, he changed his last name to Abdullah. However, he is now Catholic.[1] Abdullah worked with a program in Boston named Mandela Crew. Mandela Crew is a program aimed at exposing minority youths from Roxbury to the sport of rowing.[5] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|last1=Berkow|first1=Ira|title=ROWING: Rower With Muslim Name Is an All-American Suspect|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/21/sports/rowing-rower-with-muslim-name-is-an-all-american-suspect.html|publisher=The New York Times|date=February 21, 2003|ref=New York Times}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullah, Aquil}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Perseverance Pays Off in African-American Rower's Quest for Olympics|url=http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-a-2004-07-14-41-1-67500867/283012.html|website=Voice of America}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1= Powell |first1= Camille |title=Abdullah Wears Silver Medal--and Clothes--Proudly|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1999/07/31/abdullah-wears-silver-medal-and-clothes-proudly/493fd23b-08ef-4a1e-9c37-a76188265bd9/|publisher=The Washington Post|date=July 31, 1999}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|last1=Clarke|first1=Liz|title=No Medal, but Abdullah is 'Pleased|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22302-2004Aug21.html|publisher=The Washington Post|date=August 22, 2004}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Haynes|first1=Monica|title=National Rowing Champ's Credo: Hard Work|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/sports/other/20021005rowersportot2p2.asp|website=Post-Gazette}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Abdullah Makes History At the US Rowing Trials|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19006-2004Jun30.html|agency=Associated Press|publisher=The Washington Post|date=July 1, 2004}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Aquil Abdullah|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/17/abdullah-aquil|website=World Rowing}} 8. ^{{cite web|last1=Norris|first1=Michele|title=Abdullah: A First Among Olympic Rowers|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3844701|website=National Public Radio|publisher=National Public Radio|ref=NPR}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Aquil Abdullah|url=http://www.gwsports.com/genrel/abdullah_aquil00.html|website=GW Athletics|publisher=George Washington University}} 10 : Living people|Olympic rowers of the United States|Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Woodrow Wilson High School (Washington, D.C.) alumni|American male rowers|African-American sportsmen|Pan American Games medalists in rowing|Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States|Year of birth missing (living people)|Competitors at the 1999 Pan American Games |
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