Zakari Aziz is pictured above (lane 1, yellow vest) during the final of the 200m at the 2002
Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. He finished in 5th place with the medals
going to Frankie Fredericks, Marlon Devonish (lane 5) and Darren Campbell (lane 8).
Zakari won the 2000 African Championships in Algiers in the 100m, 200m & 4x100m.
His best times were.
100 m 9.99 s + 0.5 m/s Rieti 28th. August 2005
200 m 20.23 s + 0.2 m/s Algiers 14th. July 2000
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Men's 100m. Final
World Athletics Champs 2001
|
| 1. Maurice GREENE |
|
USA |
|
9.82 |
| 2. Tim MONTGOMERY |
|
USA |
|
9.85 |
| 3. Bernard WILLIAMS |
|
USA |
|
9.94 |
| 4. Ato BOLDON |
|
TRI |
|
9.98 |
| 5. Dwain CHAMBERS |
|
GBR |
|
9.99 |
| 6. Kim COLLINS |
|
STK |
|
10.07 |
| 7. Christian MALCOLM |
|
GBR |
|
10.11 |
| 8. Aziz ZAKARI |
|
BAH |
|
10.24 |
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| Men's 200m Final. 2002 Commonwealth Games |
| 1 Frankie Fredericks |
|
Nam |
|
20.06 |
| 2 Marlon Devonish |
|
Eng |
|
20.19 |
| 3 Darren Campbell |
|
Eng |
|
20.21 |
| 4 Dominic Demeritte |
|
Bah |
|
20.21 |
| 5 Abdul Aziz Zakari |
|
Gha |
|
20.29 |
| 6 Morne Nagel |
|
Rsa |
|
20.35 |
| 7 Joseph Batangdon |
|
Cmr |
|
20.36 |
| 8 Christian Malcolm |
|
Wal |
|
20.39 |
In July 2006, Zakari was reported to have failed a drugs test for the banned substance stanozolol.
The test was conducted In-Competition on 29 April 2006 at the IAAF Grand Prix Meeting in Dakar.
On 25 September 2006 the IAAF suspended him for two years.
After his suspension Zakari participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics
where he failed to progress beyond the second round (10.25)