Nouria Mérah-Benida

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Nouria Mérah-Benida ( Arabic نورية مراح بنيدة, DMG Nūrīya Marāḥ Banīda ; * October 19, 1970 in Algiers ) is an Algerian middle-distance runner and Olympic champion .

Mérah-Benida won the silver medal in the 800 and 1500 meters at the 1999 Pan-African Games in Johannesburg .

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney she won the gold medal over 1500 meters in front of the two Romanians Violeta Szekely and Gabriela Szabo .

In 2006 she won gold over 1500 and bronze over 800 meters at the African Championships .

Personal bests

  • 400 m: 54.1 s
  • 800 m: 1: 59.49 min
  • 1000 m: 2: 34.60 min
  • 1500 m: 3: 59.12 min
  • 3000 m: 9:01:20 min

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personal data
SURNAME Mérah-Benida, Nouria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Algerian middle-distance runner and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH 19th October 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Algiers