Ali Ezzine
Ali Ezzine ( Arabic علي الزين; * September 3, 1978 in Ain Taoudjad , Meknès-Tafilalet ) is a Moroccan obstacle and long-distance runner .
At the cross-country world championships he came on the short distance in 1998 on the twelfth and 2000 on the 13th place. At the World Athletics Championships in Seville in 1999 , he won the bronze medal over 3000 m obstacle.
He also won bronze in the same discipline at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney behind the Kenyans Reuben Kosgei and Wilson Boit Kipketer , and at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton he won silver.
At the 2004 Olympic Games , he finished eighth.
His best time of 8: 03.57 minutes, set in Paris on June 23, 2000 , is still the second best ever achieved by a non-Kenyan runner.
Web links
- Ali Ezzine in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Ali Ezzine in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Portrait at IAAF - Focus on Athletes ( Memento from July 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), August 21, 2004
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| SURNAME | Ezzine, Ali |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | علي الزين (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moroccan obstacle and long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd September 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ain Taoudjad , Meknes-Tafilalet , Morocco |