| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| Semifinal | 800m | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 1:49.19 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 2 | 800m | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 1:44.41 |
| Semifinal | 800m | 2009 | Berlin, GER | DNF |
| African Championships | ||||
| 4 | 4 x 400m Relay | 2010 | Nairobi, KEN | 3:08.52 |
| Diamond League | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2012 | Eugene, OR, USA | 1:43.71 |
| 1 | 800m | 2011 | Birmingham, GBR | 1:44.54 |
| 1 | 800m | 2010 | Paris Saint-Denis, FRA | 1:43.50 |
| 2 | 800m | 2010 | Brussels, BEL | 1:43.84 |
| 2 | 800m | 2010 | Oslo, NOR | 1:42.23 |
| World Challenge | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2010 | Rabat, MAR | 1:46.71 |
| 1 | 800m | 2010 | Hengelo, NED | 1:45.66 |
| Super Grand Prix | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2009 | Monaco, MON | 1:43.50 |
| 1 | 800m | 2009 | Doha, QAT | 1:43.09 |
| 3 | 1000m | 2009 | Stockholm, SWE | 2:16.98 |
| Grand Prix | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2009 | Hengelo, NED | 1:43.10 |
| World Indoor Championships | ||||
| 1 | 800m | 2010 | Doha, QAT | 1:46.23 |
Hobbies
Supporting English football club Arsenal. (spikesmag.com, 04 Jul 2008)
Coach
Jama Aden (insidethegames.biz, 01 Feb 2011)
Injuries
He was forced to pull out of the 2012 World Indoor Championships with a hamstring injury. (michezoafrika.com, 27 Feb 2012)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He took up athletics in 2004. (iaaf.org, 21 Jun 2008)
Reason for taking up this sport
He wanted to be a football goalkeeper but saw his friends competing in running and decided to try it out. (iaaf.org, 21 Jun 2008)
Hero
Middle distance runner Bernard Lagat. (spikesmag.com, 04 July 2008)
General
EGYPT TRAINING SCARE
In 2011 he was training in Egypt when the political protests and uprising broke out. He and his coach were unable to leave the Cairo training centre for several days due to the violence in the streets. After spending two days at the airport, the pair managed to get a flight out of Egypt. He had trained regularly in Egypt since 2007. (insidethegames.com, 02 Feb 2011)
EARLY DAYS
His Qatar-based coach Jama Aden first spotted him in a cross country race in Khartoum, Sudan. He led early on, but finished 25th. "Jama told me to come and train with the national youth team. I just told him 'why me?'. Twenty four athletes beat me." Aden responded by saying that he thought Kaki had the potential to become a special runner. (runningtimes.com, 2009)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
