Abdul Rashid, a Pakistani Olympic hurdler, died on December 6, 2025, of a heart attack.
Born in Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan, in 1979, he represented Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men’s 110 m hurdles. He also won gold in the 110-metre hurdles at the 2004 South Asian Games in Islamabad, set a national record of 7.95 seconds in the men’s indoor 60 m hurdles at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games in Pattaya, and took bronze in the 110 m hurdles at the 2006 South Asian Games in Colombo.
Abdul Rashid (Urdu: عبد الرشید; 15 February 1979 – 6 December 2025) was a Pakistani sprint hurdler. Rashid represented Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men’s 110 m hurdles. He ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including three-time Olympian Dudley Dorival of Haiti. He finished the heat in the last place, nearly two seconds behind Dorival, with a time of 14:52, twenty-eight hundredths of a second slower than his personal best of 14:24. Rashid failed to advance into the quarterfinal round, as he placed fortieth overall, based on his time and performance in the preliminary heats.