Nouria Mérah-Benida

Nouria Mérah-Benida
Nouria Mérah-Benida
Personal information
Born October 19, 1970
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Algeria
Olympic Games
Gold 2000 Sydney 1500 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold 1997 Bari 1500 m

Nouria Mérah-Benida (Arabic: نورية مراح بنيدة‎) (born October 19, 1970 in Algiers) is an Algerian middle distance runner.

At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg Mérah-Benida won silver medals in both 800 metres and 1500 metres. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won a somewhat surprising gold medal ahead of Romanians Violeta Szekely (silver) and Gabriela Szabo (bronze).[1] The same year she won an 800 m silver medal and a 1500 m gold medal at the African Championships.

References

  1. ^ "Holmes fades in 1500m". BBC News. September 30, 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/athletics-track/949828.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-18. 
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 1971: Vera Nikolić (YUG)  •  1975: Paola Pigni (ITA)  •  1979: Margherita Gargano (ITA)  •  1983: Agnese Possamai (ITA)  •  1987: Fatima Aouam (MAR)  •  1991: Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)  •  1993: Frédérique Quentin (FRA)  •  1997: Nouria Mérah-Benida (ALG)  •  2001 – 2005: Fatma Lanouar (TUN)  •  2009: Elisa Cusma (ITA)


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