Yassine Rachik

Yassine Rachik
Yassine Rachik (right) at the European Championships 2018
nation	Italy
birthday	11th June 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	Casablanca , Morocco
size	173 cm
Weight	56 kg
Career
discipline	marathon
Best performance	2:08:05 h
society	Atletica Casone Noceto
Trainer	Alberto Colli
status	active
Medal table
European championships 1 × 0 × 1 × U23 European Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
European championships gold Berlin 2018 Marathon team ranking bronze Berlin 2018 Individual marathon ranking  U23 European Championships bronze Tallinn 2015 10,000 m
last change: 4th July 2019

Yassine Rachik (born June 11, 1993 in Aïn Sebaâ , Casablanca ) is an Italian athlete of Moroccan origin who specializes in long distance distances.

Life

Yassine Rachik was born in the Moroccan metropolis of Casablanca. First he practiced karate and came to Italy in 2004, where he grew up with three brothers in Castelli Calepio . He has been an Italian citizen since 2015 and has competed for Italy on an international level since then.

Athletic career

In 2015 he took part in international championships for the first time. At the U23 European Championships in Tallinn , he competed over the 5000 meter as well as the 10,000 meter distance. In the latter race he won the bronze medal. Two days later, he came in eighth over half the distance. After a few years in which he took part in races of various distances, including in his Italian homeland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and China, he entered the 2018 European Championships in Berlin over the marathon distance. In the individual standings, he finished third with a time of 2:12:09 h, around three minutes behind winner Koen Naert from Belgium. In the unofficial team classification, the so-called Marathon Cup , he was the fastest team with his compatriots Eyob Ghebrehiwet Faniel and Stefano La Rosa in 6:40:48 h. They improved the Russian team's record of the 2014 European Championships in Zurich by around six minutes.

On April 28, 2019, he ran a new personal best in the London Marathon in 2:08:05 h, which earned him ninth place there. In the marathon at the World Championships in Doha, he finished 12th in 2:12:41 h.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for Italy
2015	U23 European Championships	Tallinn	3.	10,000 m	28: 53.99 min
	U23 European Championships	Tallinn	8th.	5000 m	14: 05.00 min
2018	European championships	Berlin	3.	marathon	2:12:09 h
2019	World championships	Doha	12.	marathon	2:12:41 h

Personal best

• 800 m : 1: 57.30 min, June 21, 2019, Abano Terme
• 1500 m : 3: 40.56 min, June 10, 2016, Ponzano Veneto
• 3000 m : 8: 02.91 min, July 1st, 2015, Nembro
• 5000 m : 13: 37.88 min, September 3, 2013, Rovereto
• 10,000 m : 28: 50.45 min, May 17, 2014, Ferrara
• 3000 m obstacle : 8: 55.67 min, July 13, 2013, Milan
• Half marathon : 1:02:29 h, February 24, 2019, Naples
• Marathon : 2:08:05 h, April 28, 2019, London

Web links

• Yassine Rachik in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Yassine Rachik in the database of European Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry at FIDAL. Retrieved June 11, 2020 (Italian)