Home / Birthday profiles / Mubarak Hassan Shami

Birthday profile

Mubarak Hassan Shami

Mubarak Hassan Shami, Kenyan-Qatari runner

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
December 1, 1980
Age in 2026
46
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1980

About Mubarak Hassan Shami

Mubarak Hassan Shami (Arabic: مبارك حسن شامي, born Richard Yatich on December 1, 1980) is a Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner. He specializes in half marathon and marathon races. Shami won the Baringo Half Marathon, a race inaugurated by Paul Tergat, in 2005 and 2006, becoming the first runner to defend the title. Shami won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships. In October 2005, he won a silver medal at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships. He won the Paris Marathon on April 15, 2007.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Mubarak Hassan Shami timeline

  1. Shami won the Baringo Half Marathon, a race inaugurated by Paul Tergat, in 2005 and 2006, becoming the first runner to defend the title.
  2. In October 2005, he won a silver medal at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships.
  3. Shami won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships.
  4. He won the Paris Marathon on April 15, 2007.

The world when Mubarak Hassan Shami was born

Mubarak Hassan Shami was born in 1980. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1980

  • #1 song"Call Me" – Blondie
  • Top movieOrdinary People
  • Top TV showDallas
  • Best-selling bookThe Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMiracle on Ice — US hockey team beats the Soviets at Lake Placid
  • Top headlineJohn Lennon assassinated outside his New York apartment
  • Technology milestoneCNN launches as first 24-hour news channel
  • Defining fadRubik's Cube
  • Notable inventionPost-it Notes (officially released)
  • World population4.44 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJimmy Carter
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Phillies (World Series)
  • Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
  • U.S. population227.2M

1980 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mubarak Hassan Shami's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19802026
Gas$1.19$3.45/gal
Average home$68,700$435,000
Average income$21,023$67,500
Minimum wage$3.10$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$2.69$11.95
Postage stamp$0.15$0.73
Population227.2M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, International Olympic Committee, Olympedia. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.