Abdellatif Baka

Personal information

Nationality

Algerian

Born

7 May 1994 (age 22)
El Eulma, Algeria

Sport

Country

Algeria

Sport

Athletics

Disability class

T13

Club

GSP Alger

Medal record

Men's Paralympic athletics
Representing Algeria
Paralympic Games
	2012 London	800 m T13
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	1500 m T13
IPC World Championships
	2013 Lyon	800 m T13
	2013 Lyon	1500 m T13
	2015 Doha	800 m T12
	2015 Doha	1500 m T12

Abdellatif Baka (born 7 May 1994) is a visually impaired Algerian middle-distance runner. Competing in the T13 classification, Baka represented his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London where he won the gold medal in the 800 metres race, and the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, winning the 1500 metres. He won the 1500m in Rio with a record 3'48.29, a faster time than that of the 2016 Summer Olympics 1500m winner, Matthew Centrowitz Jr. The latter's time in the Rio Olympics men's 1500 meters final race was beaten not only by all three medalists in the Rio Paralympics men's 1500 meters race but also by Fouad Baka, who is the brother of Abdellatif Baka and came 4th in that final race. He is also a multiple World Championships winner, taking four medals over two tournaments.

World and Paralympic records set at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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