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{{short description|Bahraini middle-distance runner}}
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| caption = Kamel at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin
| birth_name = Gregory Konchellah
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|03|29}}
| birth_place = [[Narok]], Kenya
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| sport = Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]
| event = [[800 metres]], [[1500 metres]]
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| pb = 800 m: 1:42.79 min (2008)<br>1500 m: 3:31.56 min (2009)
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{{Medal|Gold |[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 Berlin]]|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 Berlin]]|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]}}
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{{Medal|Bronze |[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2008 Valencia]]|800 m}}
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'''Yusuf Saad Kamel''' ({{langx|ar|يوسف سعد كامل}}), born '''Gregory Konchellah''' (born March 29, 1983) is a male former [[middle-distance runner]] who competed in the [[800 metres]] and [[1500 metres]]. Born in [[Narok]], [[Kenya]] – the son of former two-time 800 metres World Champion [[Billy Konchellah]] – he represented [[Bahrain]] internationally. Kamel won the gold in the 1500 m and bronze in 800 m at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]] held in [[Berlin]].<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/youssef-saad-kamel-1.html|access-date=May 15, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216131111/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/youssef-saad-kamel-1.html|archive-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref>

In early 2009 he stopped competing for Bahrain claiming unpaid salary and bonuses. He was willing to compete for Kenya, but his [[Kenyan passport]] was held by Bahraini officials. Without a passport, he was unable to compete in any competition. Several other Kenyan runners who took Bahraini citizenship have also left Bahrain and are vying to compete for Kenya.<ref>The East African, June 8, 2009: [https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/607568/-/15nmc1lz/-/index.html Konchellah ‘back’ home]</ref> However, he returned to the track in July 2009 at the [[Athletissima]] meeting, still representing Bahrain. Subsequently, [[Athletics Kenya]] stopped to handle his attempt to compete for Kenya.<ref>The Standard, July 13, 2009: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090917105031/http://www.eastandard.net/sports/InsidePage.php?id=1144019245&cid=39& Konchella throws spanner in the works]}}</ref>

At the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]] in [[Daegu]] he only participated at the 1500 m but just failed to qualify for the final.

He trained with PACE Sports Management under Ricky Simms.

==Statistics==
===Competition record===
[[File:Yusuf Saad Kamel Berlin 2009.JPG|thumb|right|Kamel after taking the 1500&nbsp;m gold at the 2009 World Championships]]
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|rowspan=5|2004
|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Tehran]], Iran
|bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd
|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results|800 m]]
|1:48.89
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|3rd (semis)
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:47.16
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|3rd (heats)
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:46.94
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]] 
|[[Monte Carlo]], Monaco
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[2004 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results|800 m]]
|1:45.91
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Pan Arab Games|Pan Arab Games]]
|[[Algiers]], Algeria
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|800 m
|1:46.12
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
|[[2005 Arab Athletics Championships|Arab Championships]]
|[[Tunis]], Tunisia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|800 m
|1:47.36
|-
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:44.90
|-
|[[2005 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]] 
|[[Monte Carlo]], Monaco
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[2005 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results|800 m]]
|1:47.13 
|-
|rowspan=3|2006
|[[2006 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Stuttgart]], Germany
|6th
|[[2006 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results|800 m]]
|1:47.62
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup – Results|800 m]]
|1:44.98 
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Doha]], Qatar
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:45.74
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka]], Japan
|9th (semis)
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:45.31
|-
|[[2007 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Stuttgart]], Germany
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|800 m
|1:45.61 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|-
|rowspan=5|2008
|[[2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Doha]], Qatar
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results|800 m]]
|1:48.03 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Valencia]], Spain
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:45.26
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|Beijing, China
|5th
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:44.95
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|rowspan=2|[[Stuttgart]], Germany
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results|800 m]]
|1:49.40 
|-
|5th
|[[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results|1500 m]]
|3:38.50
|-
|rowspan=3|2009
|rowspan=2|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Berlin]], Germany
|bgcolor="CC9966"| 3rd
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:45.35 
|-
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:35.93
|-
|[[2009 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Thessaloniki]], Greece
|4th
|[[2009 IAAF World Athletics Final – Results|1500 m]]
|3:36.11
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|[[2010 West Asian Athletics Championships|West Asian Championships]]
|[[Aleppo]], Syria
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|1500 m
|3:40.58
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Guangzhou]], China
|9th (heats)
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:58.80
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|[[Track and field at the 2011 Military World Games|Military World Games]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
|5th
|[[Track and field at the 2011 Military World Games – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:46.89
|-
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu]], South Korea
|6th (semis)
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:47.18
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Pune]], India
|6th
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:50.54
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games|Islamic Solidarity Games]]
|[[Palembang]], Indonesia
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games – Results|1500 m]]
|1:48.27
|-
|2014
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Incheon]], South Korea
| —
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}
|}

===Circuit wins===
;800 metres
*[[Memorial Van Damme]]: 2008.
*[[ISTAF Berlin]]: 2004.

==See also==
*[[List of middle-distance runners]]
*[[List of eligibility transfers in athletics]]
*[[List of World Athletics Championships medalists (men)]]
*[[List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation]]
*[[List of Asian Games medalists in athletics]]
*[[List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (men)]]
*[[800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics]]
*[[1500 metres at the World Championships in Athletics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Yusuf Saad Kamel}}
* {{World Athletics}}
* [http://www.pacesportsmanagement.com/athlete_profile.asp?id=238 Pace Sports Management]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{Footer World Champions 1500 m Men}}
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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Narok County]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province]]
[[Category:Bahraini male middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Kenyan male middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Bahrain]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Bahrain]]
[[Category:Asian Games athletes for Bahrain]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Kenyan emigrants to Bahrain]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of Bahrain]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Bahrain]]
[[Category:Arab Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]