Rababe Arafi

Rababe Arafi
Rababe Arafi (l.) In Tarragona 2018
nation	Morocco
birthday	12th January 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Khouribga , Morocco
size	167 cm
Weight	52 kg
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
status	active
Medal table
World Cross Country Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Africa Games 0 × 1 × 0 × African Championships 1 × 2 × 1 × Mediterranean Games 2 × 0 × 0 ×
World Cross Country Championships silver Aarhus 2019 Mixed relay  Africa Games silver Rabat 2019 800 m  African Championships gold Porto-Novo 2012 1500 m bronze Marrakech 2014 1500 m silver Durban 2016 1500 m silver Asaba 2018 1500 m  Mediterranean Games gold Tarragona 2018 800 m gold Tarragona 2018 1500 m
last change: February 8, 2020

Rababe Arafi ( Arabic رباب عرافي; * January 12, 1991 in Khouribga ) is a Moroccan athlete who competes in the middle-distance run .

Athletic career

Rababe Arafi and Sifan Hassan in Birmingham 2018

Rababe Arafi gained her first international experience at the World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa in 2007 , where she was unable to finish her race. She then took part in the 3000 meter run at the World Youth Championships in Ostrava , where she finished twelfth in 9: 47.25 minutes. In 2012 she surprisingly won the 1,500-meter run at the African Championships in Porto-Novo in 4: 05.80 minutes and thus gained international attention for the first time, but did not succeed in qualifying for the Olympic Games in London that same year . In the following year she won the Arab Championships in Doha in 4: 53.92 min over 1500 meters and in 3: 42.10 min also with the Moroccan 4 x 400 meter relay. Then she took part in the Mediterranean Games in Mersin for the first time, but could not finish her run over 1500 meters and was disqualified with the relay. Over 1500 meters she also qualified for the World Championships in Moscow , where she was eliminated in the semifinals with 4: 09.86 minutes. Then she won in 4: 18.70 min at the Francophonie Games in Nice and in 4: 19.27 min at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang . In 2014, she made it to the final at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot , but was disqualified there because of a track violation. At the African Championships in Marrakech , at home , she won the bronze medal in 4: 12.08 minutes behind the Kenyan Hellen Obiri and Dawit Seyaum from Ethiopia. In 2015 she won the silver medal behind the Sudanese Amina Bakhit at the Arab Championships in Madinat Isa in 5: 22.30 minutes . At the World Championships in Beijing , she came fourth in the 800-meter run with 1: 58.90 minutes in the final , while she came ninth in the final with 4: 13.66 minutes over 1500 meters . She then finished fifth at the Military World Games in Mungyeon, South Korea, in 4: 21.17 minutes. In 2016 she was eliminated from the World Indoor Championships in Portland with 4: 10.82 minutes in the first round over 1500 meters. At the African Championships in Durban , she won the silver medal in 4: 03.95 minutes behind the South African Caster Semenya and finished fifth in the 800-meter run in 2: 01.49 minutes. In both competitions they qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where they their lead could not finish in the 800 meters, while over the longer distance in 4: 15.16 minutes in the finals came in twelfth.

In 2017 she won the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku in 4: 18.82 minutes and then the Francophonie Games in Abidjan in 4: 17.23 minutes . At the World Championships in London she reached the final in the 1500 meter run , in which she reached eighth place with 4: 04.35 min. She also finished eighth in 4: 14.94 min at the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham . Then she won in 2: 01.01 min and 4: 12.83 min over 800 and 1500 meters at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona . In addition, she took fourth place with the Moroccan relay in 3: 33.91 minutes. At the African Championships in Asaba she again won the silver medal over 1500 meters behind the Kenyan Winny Chebet in 4: 14.12 minutes and could not finish her 800-meter run. At the 2019 World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus , she won the silver medal behind Ethiopia with the mixed relay in 26:22 min. In August she won the silver medal over 800 meters behind the Ethiopian Hirut Meshesha at the Africa Games in Rabat in 2: 03.20 minutes . Shortly afterwards she reached the world championships in Doha over 800 meters up to the final , in which she finished seventh in 2: 00.48 minutes.

Personal best

• 800 meters: 1: 57.47 min, July 20, 2018 in Monaco
  • 800 meters (hall): 2: 02.49 min, January 27, 2018 in Val-de-Reuil
  • 1000 meters (hall): 2: 38.21 min, February 10, 2019 in Liévin ( Moroccan record )
• 1500 meters: 3: 58.84 min, June 16, 2019 in Rabat ( Moroccan record )
  • 1500 meters (hall): 4: 02.46 min, February 8, 2020 in Toruń
• Mile: 4: 18.42 min, July 12, 2019 in Monaco ( Moroccan record )
  • Mile (hall): 4: 29.74 min, February 16, 2019 in Birmingham ( Moroccan record )
• 3000 meters: 9: 34.78 min, May 5, 2007 in Meknes
  • 3000 meters (hall): 8: 54.92 min, February 12, 2019 in Eaubonne

Web links

Commons : Rababe Arafi  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Rababe Arafi in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Rababe Arafi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Report: women's 1500m final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing ( English ) IAAF. August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
2. ^ Emeterio Valiente: Arafi and Guliyev excel as Mediterranean Games conclude ( English ) IAAF. July 1, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2019.