Bouchra Ghezielle

Bouchra Ghezielle-Benthami (born May 19, 1979 in Khémisset , Morocco ), French athlete who came third in the 1500-meter run at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki .

Bouchra Ghezielle is 1.62 m tall and weighs 47 kg. She starts for the EA Franconville club and her trainer is Alain Lignier . In March 2008, traces of the doping agent EPO were found in her sample during a training check . She was banned for four years until May 2012.

successes

year	success	discipline	power
1997	57th place Cross World Championships (junior ranking)
1998	47th place Cross World Championships (junior ranking)
	3rd place Junior World Championships	1500 meters	4: 12.76 min
1999	38th place cross world championships	Short haul
2005	3rd place in the European Cup	1500 meters	4: 08.02 min
	3rd place world championships	1500 meters	4: 02.45 min
2006	French indoor champion	3000 meters
2008	12th place indoor world championships	1500 meters	4: 08.66 min

Personal best

discipline	power	date	place
800 meters	2: 00.29 min	July 15, 2005	Angers , France
1500 meters	4: 01.28 min	September 9, 2005	Monaco
1500 meters (hall)	4: 08.12 min	February 10, 2006	Eaubonne , France
2000 meters	5: 56.27 min	June 19, 1999	Istanbul , Turkey
3000 meters	8: 35.41 min	July 1, 2005	Paris , France
3000 meters (hall)	8: 50.63 min	February 4, 2006	Stuttgart , Germany
5000 meters	15: 12.17 min	July 14, 2007	Rome , Italy

Performance development

year	1500 meters (in minutes)	3000 meters (in minutes)	3000 meters (hall) (in minutes)
1998	4: 11.40	9: 23.34	-
1999	4: 10.91	-	-
2000	-	-	-
2001	-	-	-
2002	-	-	-
2003	-	-
2004	4: 04.19	8: 47.78	9: 00.71
2005	4: 01.28	8: 35.41	8: 55.17
2006	4: 04.74	-	8: 50.63
2007	-	-	-
2008			8: 59.17

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Iaaf.org: List of banned athletes

Web links

• Official website of Bouchra Ghezielle (French)
• Bouchra Ghezielle in the database of World Athletics (English)