- Former Olympic sprinter.
- Was hired by Lybia's dictator Muammar Gaddafi to coach his son Al-Saadi, who wanted to be a professional soccer player (1999).
- Appeared on a TV commercial advertising an energy drink called "Cheetah Power Surge" (2006).
- After winning the 100m race at the 1987 World Championships, setting a new world record in 9,83 seconds, he won the same competition at the 1988 Olympic Summer Games in extraordinary 9,79 seconds. Three days later, the IOC confirmed that his urine samples contained steroids, so he was disqualified. As he admitted also being doped at the World Championships, his record was first world record was also deleted (September 1988).
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