Nouria Mérah-Benida

Nouria Merah - Benida (Arabic نورية مراح بنيدة, DMG Nuriya Marah Banīda; * October 19, 1970 in Algiers ) is an Algerian middle distance runner and Olympic gold medalist.

Merah - Benida reached in each case the silver medal in the 800 -meter run and the 1500 - meter race at the Pan-African Games in 1999 in Johannesburg.

At the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000, she won the gold medal over 1500 meters before the two Romanians Violeta Szekely and Gabriela Szabo.

In 2006 she took at the African Championships Gold 1500 m and bronze over 800m.

Personal Best

  • 400 m - 54.1 s
  • 800 m - 1:59,49 min
  • 1000m - 2:34,60 min
  • 1500m - 3:59,12 min
  • 3000m - 9:01,20 min
DIN 31635 2006 African Championships in Athletics Gabriella Dorio Paula Ivan Kelly Holmes
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