Mikail Al
Mikail Al is a Turkish Paralympian athlete. He is competing in the men's 1500 m middle and 5000 m long-distance running events of T13 disability class.
Sport career
Visually impaired middle and long-distance runner Mikail Al was a member of Diyarbakır GESK, where he was coached by the visually impaired national athlete Mehmet Nesim Öner. He then transferred to Istanbul BB SK.He competed in the 1500 m and 5000 m of the T13 class events at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, France. In the 1500 m, he ranked fourth with his personal best time of 4:01.50. With this result, he secured a quota for participation at the 2024 Paris Paralimpics. He could not finish the 5000 m run.
At the Italian Open 2024 Grand Prix in Jesolo, he captured the gold medal in the 1500 m T13 event improving his personal best time to 4:01.19, and won another gold medal in the 5000 m T13 event with 15:28.57.