About Hanna Barakat

Hanna Barakat (Arabic: هناء بركات; born September 1, 1999) is a Los Angeles-born Palestinian-American runner. Barakat is a student-athlete at Brown University.

Her father Mohammed Barakat competed for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the sport of field hockey.

She was born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Her brother Adam has played American football for Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

She competed in track & field at Flintridge Preparatory School in California.

The runner was one of five Palestinians representing the country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She competed in the women's 100-meter sprint where she set the national record running a time of 12.16 seconds. Barakat also holds the Palestinian national record in the 400-meter sprint and 200-meter sprint.