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Ethiopian long-distance runner (born 1982)

This is an Ethiopian name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Kenenisa.

Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha (Oromo: Qananiisaa baqqalaa; Amharic: ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre from 2004 until 2020. He won the gold medal in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10,000 m and the silver medal in the 5,000 m.

He is the most successful runner in the history of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, with six long (12 km) course and five short (4 km) course titles. He won the 10,000 m title at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 (matching Haile Gebrselassie's four in a row win streak). Kenenisa was unbeaten over 10,000 m from his debut in 2003 until 2011, when he failed to finish at the World Championships final.

At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he became the first man to win both 5000 m and 10,000 m title at the same championships. Over 5000 m he has also won an Olympic silver (2004), World Championship bronze (2003), two African Championship titles and one All-Africa Games gold medal. He also won the 3000 metres title at the 2006 World Indoor Championships.

On 6 April 2014, he produced the sixth fastest marathon debut ever on a record-eligible course with his victory at the Paris Marathon, in a course record time of 2:05:04. On 25 September 2016, Kenenisa won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:03:03, a new personal best, then the third-fastest marathon of all time. On 29 September 2019, he again won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:01:41, two seconds slower than the then world record of 2:01:39 set by Eliud Kipchoge in the 2018 Berlin Marathon. Considering h

Somali-British track and field athlete (born 1983)

"Mohamed Farah" redirects here. For other people of the same name, see Mohamed Farah (disambiguation).

Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a Somali-British former long-distance runner. Considered one of the greatest runners of all time, his ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner in the history of the sport, and he is the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history.

Farah is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m. He is the second athlete, after Lasse Virén, to win both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m titles at successive Olympic Games. He also completed the 'distance double' at the 2013 and 201

By Brett Davies

With the World Championships coming to Budapest almost upon us, we are taking a look back at some of the very special events of the World Championships over the forty year history of the World Championships. To experience, exceptional performance in running, choose the best footwear for your runs like Tarkine Trail Devil shoes.

The men’s 1500m race at the 1999 World Championships was one of the greatest championship middle distance races in history. It featured a championship record from Moroccan megastar Hicham El Guerrouj and it was one of the best races in terms of depth we have ever seen at a global 1500m championship. The Championship record still stands, 24 years since this epic race took place.

Hicham El Guerrouj maintained an extraordinarily consistent record of high-level elite performances for several years. Between 1995 and 2004, he won two Olympic gold medals (he won double gold in Athens 2004 in the 1500m and 5000m), one Olympic silver and he won 4 consecutive World Championship gold medals in the 1500m – plus a 1500m silver in 1995 and a silver in the 5000m in 2003. He won consecutive World Indoor 1500m Indoor titles in 1995 and 1997 and broke indoor and outdoor world records in the 1500m and mile he also broke the outdoor 2000m record.

In 1994, 19 year-old El Guerrouj (or ‘El G’, as he became known) first came to prominence as part of Morocco’s gold medal-winning World Road Relay team.In the wake of Said Aouita’s success during the 1980s, Morocco had invested heavily in a national program for elite athletes. El Guerrouj had been spotted by talent scouts and became part of the program. The training schedules were drawn largely from the work of Dr David Martin and Peter Coe and the project had yielded extraordinary results, with the likes of Brahim Boutayeb, Salah Hissou and Khalid Skah winning several major titles and running remarkably fast times on the track, road and over cross country.

You may not know it but Morocco is home to some pretty famous people. From athletes to scientists, politicians, and more, many celebrities have Moroccan roots. Here are 13 Moroccan famous people you should know about.

Famous Moroccan people in history

Ibn Battuta

Though little known outside the Islamic world, Battuta is a famous Moroccan traveler. Born in Tangier, Morocco, Ibn Battuta came of age in a family of Islamic judges. In 1325, at age 21, he left his homeland for the Middle East.

He intended to complete his Hajj but he ended up spending half his life tramping across vast swaths of the Eastern Hemisphere.

Moving by sea, by camel caravan, and on foot, he ventured into over 40 modern-day nations, to please his wanderlust.

When he finally returned home after 29 years, he recorded his escapades in a hulking travelogue known as the Rihla. 

Robert Purvis

Born in Charleston in 1810, Robert Purvis is a famous American nineteenth-century abolitionist.

Robert Purvis was one of the most committed American abolitionists in the nineteenth century.

The activist cause came from the story of his grandmother Dido. His grandmother was a Moroccan freeborn woman that was enslaved and transported to the United States at the age of twelve. 

Famous people in science

Merieme Chadid

Merieme Chadid is a Moroccan Explorer and Astronomer.

She is the first astronomer in the world to have been committed to installing a large astronomical observatory in Antarctica. And the first to place an Arab flag (Moroccan) at the South Pole.

Merieme received her Ph.D. in Astronomy and Space from Paul Sabatier University. She also completed several executive education programs at Harvard University. 

After several years of astonishing achievement, Chadid was listed as one of the 30 most fascinating workers in the world by Forbes Magazine. 

Moncef Slaoui

Slaoui is a Moroccan Belgian American r