Noureddine Morceli
Noureddine Morceli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
nation | Algeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | February 28, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Tenes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 172 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Middle distance run | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | 1: 44.79 ( 800 m ) 3: 27.37 min ( 1500 m ) |
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status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Noureddine Morceli ( Arabic نور الدين مرسلي, DMG Nūr ad-Dīn Mursalī ; * February 28, 1970 in Ténès , Chlef Province ) is a former Algerian middle-distance runner . He was once Olympic champion and three times world champion.
biography
Morceli celebrated his first international success in 1988 at the Junior World Championships, where he won the silver medal over 1500 meters . In 1990 he set the annual world record with 3: 32.60 minutes. He continued his dominance in 1991 when he set an indoor world record in Seville on February 28 (3: 34.16 min). Just nine days later, he won gold on the same track at the 1991 World Indoor Championships over the same distance. In the world championships in Tokyo , Morceli was already a big favorite and won confidently.
At the beginning of 1992 Morceli ran another indoor world record over 1000 meters with 2: 15.26 minutes . The fact that Morceli would win over 1500 meters at the Olympic Games in Barcelona seemed to be out of the question beforehand. But in the final it was surprisingly slow; in the 800-meter interval, the men were even slower than the women. This was not at all the pace Morceli liked. On the home stretch he was no longer able to accelerate and was only a disappointing seventh. He was able to overcome this disappointment quickly and a few weeks later ran an outdoor world record of 3: 28.86 minutes .
At the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart , the 1,500-meter run also started rather slowly. But this time Morceli was able to control the race and outclassed the field with a final lap of 50.6 seconds. In the same year he set a world record in the mile run with 3: 44.39 minutes . In the same year he was named World Sportsman of the Year by the French sports newspaper L'Équipe .
In 1994 he set the world record over 3000 meters with 7: 25.11 minutes . Spurred on by the significant increase in Moses Kiptanui's record, he also decided to attack Haile Gebrselassie's world record over 5000 meters . He clearly failed in 13: 03.85 min, but he astonished the world of athletics with a final lap of 51.97 seconds. A year later, he ran two more world records within nine days: First, he undercut Saïd Aouita's record in the 2000-meter run in 4: 47.88 minutes, then his own record over 1500 meters in 3: 27.37 minutes. At the world championships in Gothenburg he successfully defended his world title.
In the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , Morceli was the favorite for the 1,500-meter course. After his greatest competitor, Hicham El Guerrouj , crashed at the beginning of the last lap, Morceli won overwhelmingly. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens , Morceli was only fourth, in 1999 in Seville he gave up the race before the last lap. Morceli ran his last race at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , where he could not win a medal.
Noureddine Morceli was married to the Swiss long-distance runner Patricia Morceli from 1997 to 2002 . He was trained by his older brother Abderrahmane Morceli , who won the silver medal in the 1500 meter run at the 1979 African Championships in Dakar .
Personal bests
- 800 m : 1: 44.79 min, July 29, 1991, Annaba
- 1000 m: 2: 13.73 min, July 2, 1993, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
- Hall: 2: 15.26 min, February 22, 1992, Birmingham
- 1500 m: 3: 27.37 min, July 12, 1995, Nice
- Hall: 3: 34.16 min, February 28, 1991, Seville
- 1 mile: 3: 44.39 min, September 5, 1993, Rieti
- Hall: 3: 50.70 min, February 20, 1993, Birmingham
- 2000 m: 4: 47.88 min, July 3, 1995, Paris
- 3000 m: 7: 25.11 min, August 2, 1994, Monaco
- 5000 m: 13: 03.85 min, August 17, 1994, Zurich
Awards
2013: Induction into the IAAF Hall of Fame
Web links
- Official Website of Noureddine Morceli (English)
- Noureddine Morceli in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Noureddine Morceli in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Morceli, Noureddine |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Algerian middle distance runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ténès , Chlef Province , Algeria |