Nobility Mechaal

Nobility Mechaal
Adel Mechaal (2016)
Full name	Nobility Mechaal
nation	Spain
birthday	15th December 1990 (age 29)
place of birth	Tetouan ,  Morocco
size	184 cm
Weight	67 kg
Career
discipline	1500 m
Best performance	3: 33.91 min
society	New Balance team
Trainer	Antonio Serrano
status	active
Medal table
European championships 0 × 0 × 1 × European Indoor Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × European Cross Country Championships 0 × 1 × 1 ×
European championships silver Amsterdam 2016 5000 m  European Indoor Championships gold Belgrade 2017 3000 m  European Cross Country Championships silver Šamorín 2017 10 km bronze Hyères 2015 10 km
last change: December 24, 2019

Adel Mechaal (born December 5, 1990 in Tétouan ) is a Spanish athlete of Moroccan origin who specializes in middle-distance runs . In 2017 he became European indoor champion over 3000 meters .

Athletic career

Adel Mechaal has been taking part in medium-distance competitions in Spain since 2009. After numerous competitions at national level, he qualified first for the indoor world championships in Sopot in 2014 and then for the European championships in Zurich , each over the 1500 meter distance . In both competitions he was eliminated in the semifinals. Together with his teammates he took part in the world relay games in Nassau in the 4 x 1,500 meter race, in which the Spanish quartet finished fourth.

In 2015 he started over 3000 meters indoors for the first time and was able to achieve sixth place at the European Indoor Championships in Prague . Also in 2015 he started taking part in international cross-country competitions. At the World Championships in Guiyang , however, he could not achieve a front placement. At the World Championships in Beijing he ran over 1500 meters into the semifinals, in the end he finished 37th. Things went better at the European Cross Country Championships in Hyères. There he won the bronze medal in the 10 km race. In 2016 Mechaal won the silver medal over 5000 meters at the European Championships in Amsterdam . At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he competed next to the 5000, also over 1500 meters. In both competitions he reached the semifinals.

In 2017 he celebrated his greatest sporting success to date with the European title over 3000 meters from the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade . At the World Championships in London in August he was fourth in the 1500 meters. At the 2017 European Cross Country Championships in Šamorín, Slovakia, he also won bronze in the 10 km race. In 2018 he ran at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham to fifth place over 3000 meters. At the European Championships in Berlin , he then started over 5000 and over 10,000 meters . He set his personal best on the second route in May. While he had to give up in the 5000 meter race, he finished fourth over 10,000 meters.

In 2019 Mechaal set his personal best of 3: 33.91 minutes. over 1500 meters. Over this distance he competed in the World Championships in Doha in October . There he was eliminated as eighth in his advance.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for Spain
2014	Indoor world championships	Sopot	11.	1500 m	3: 41.27 min
	World Relays	Nassau	4th	4 × 1500 m	15: 00.69 min
	European championships	Zurich	25th	1500 m	3: 47.60 min
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague	6th	3000 m	7: 49.59 min
	World Cross Country Championships	Guiyang	68.	12 km	38:57 min
	World championships	Guiyang	37.	1500 m	3: 46.05 min
	European Cross Country Championships	Hyeres	3.	10 km	29:51 min
2016	European championships	Amsterdam	2.	5000 m	13: 40.85 min
	Olympic games	Rio de Janeiro	33.	1500 m	3: 48.41 min
			30th	5000 m	13: 34.42 min
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade	1.	6000 m	8:00, 69 min
	World Cross Country Championships	Kampala	43.	10 km	30:40 min
	World championships	London	4th	1500 m	3: 34.71 min
	European Cross Country Championships	Šamorín	2.	10 km	29:54 min
2018	Indoor world championships	Birmingham	5.	3000 m	8: 16.13 min
	European championships	Berlin		5000 m	DNF
			4th	10,000 m	28: 13.78 min
2019	World championships	Doha	25th	1500 m	3: 37.95 min

Personal best

open air

• 800 m : 1: 47.69 min, July 17, 2019, Barcelona
• 1500 m : 3: 33.91 min, July 5, 2019, Lausanne
• 3000 m : 7: 35.28 min, July 1, 2017, Paris
• 5000 m : 13: 15.40 min, June 3, 2016, Huelva
• 10,000 m : 27: 50.56 min, May 19, 2018, London

Hall

• 800 m: 1: 54.54 min, February 21, 2010, Vilafranca del Penedès
• 1500 m: 3: 38.30 min, February 13, 2015, Sabadell
• 3000 m: 7: 40.14 min, February 3, 2018, Karlsruhe

Web links

• Adel Mechaal in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Adel Mechaal in the database of European Athletics (English)
• Adel Mechaal in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RFEA profile