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Hicham El Guerrouj

Hicham El Guerrouj
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El Guerrouj in 2010
Personal information
Nationality Moroccan
Born (1974-09-14) 14 September 1974 (age 42)
Berkane, Morocco
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Track
Event(s) 1500 metres, 2000 metres, Mile
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 1500 metres: 3:26.00(WR)
Mile: 3:43.13(WR)
2000 metres: 4:44.79(WR)

Hicham El Guerrouj (Moroccan Arabic: هشام الݣروج, Berber: Hicam El Gerruj, ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Gerrouj is the current world record holder in the 1500 meters, mile and outdoor 2000 meters events and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. He is considered the greatest middle-distance runner of all time.

El Gerrouj holds seven of the ten fastest times run in the mile. In November 2014 he was inducted into the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Hall of Fame.

Born in Berkane, Hicham El Guerrouj's first international triumph was at age 18, when he was third in the 5000 metres of the 1992 Junior World Championships in Seoul, behind Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia and Ismael Kirui of Kenya. A year later, he was the #2 man on the Moroccan team at the World Junior Cross Country Championships.

In 1994, he was a member of the Moroccan team in the 1994 IAAF World Road Relay Championships, which won the race in world record time.


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