Larbi Bourrada

Personal information

Born

May 10, 1988 (age 28)
Rouiba

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

88 kg (194 lb)

Sport

Country

Algeria

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

Decathlon

Medal record

All-Africa Games
	2011 Maputo	Pole vault
African Championships
	2008 Addis Ababa	Decathlon
	2010 Nairobi	Decathlon
	2014 Marrakech	Decathlon
	2008 Addis Ababa	Pole vault
	2010 Nairobi	Pole vault

Larbi Bourrada (called sometimes Larbi Bouraâda or Larbi Bouraada, born May 10, 1988 in Souk Ahras) is an Algerian decathlon athlete. He is the three-time African champion (2008, 2010 and 2014) and the African record holder in the event. He has also competed in the pole vault, winning the All-Africa Games title in 2011 and two silver medals at the African Championships.

As a teenager he won the bronze medal in the decathlon at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He has been the African record in the decathlon since his performance of 8171 points at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin. He also finished second at the pole vault at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics with a height of 4.60 m behind Hamdi Dhouibi from Tunisia. He was Africa's representative at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in the high jump, pole vault and the long jump. He also set an Algerian record for the indoor heptathlon that year, scoring 5911 points as a guest athlete at the French Championships.

In July 2011 he sets a new African record with a total of 8302 points at the Ratingen Combined Event meeting in Germany. He set three personal records in the competition: 100 m (10.61 s), long jump (7.94 m) and discus throw (40.34 m). He finished tenth at the 2011 Athletics World Championships in Daegu with a total of 8158 points, including two personal bests: 13.56 s in the 110 m hurdles and 4.90 m in the pole vault. He was eliminated from the decathlon in the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo after two false starts at the first event (100 m). The games were held two weeks after the world championships and he said that this was not enough time to recover. He entered the individual pole vault event, however, and won with a personal best of 5.00 m.

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