Souad Aït Salem

Souad Aït Salem ( born January 6, 1979 in Mecheria, Naama Province) is an Algerian long-distance runner.

2000 Algiers was Africa champion in the 10,000 meter race. 2002 finished at the African Championships in wheel over the same distance in fifth place, but failed at the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris / Saint- Denis and at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, respectively in the semifinals of the 5000 -meter run.

In 2006, her breakthrough came as a road runner. She won the Alexander - the - Great Marathon in 2:28:22 h, and at the road race World Championships in 2006 over 20km in Debrecen she finished ninth in the national record time of 1:06:11 h

In 2007, she was able to improve even further: First, they won the half marathon Roma - Ostia and then won the Rome Marathon with the state and course record of 2:25:08 h the marathon of the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, she came on the 16. place.

In 2008, she repeated her victory at Roma - Ostia and was sixth in the London Marathon and ninth in the marathon of the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Personal Records

  • 3000 m: 8:47,99 min, 22 June 2006 Algiers
  • 5000 m: 15:07,49 min, July 8, 2006, Paris
  • 10,000 m: 32:13,15 min, July 23, 2004, Mataró
  • Half Marathon: 1:09:15 h 24 February, 2008, Ostia
  • Marathon: 2:25:08 h, March 18, 2007, Rome
Long-distance running 2000 African Championships in Athletics 2002 African Championships in Athletics 5000 metres 2007 World Championships in Athletics London-Marathon 3000 metres Municipio XIII
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