Bouabdellah Tahri

Bouabdellah Tahri ( born December 20, 1978 in Metz ) is a French athlete. He starts mainly on the 3000 meter steeplechase, rarely also in the 3000 -meter and 5000 -meter run.

The European Junior Champion in 1997 over 5000 m finished third in 3000 -meter steeplechase at the 1999 World Championships in Seville to tenth place and was eliminated in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney in the flow.

At the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, he was fifth and. At the European Championships in Munich in 2002 and the 2003 World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis Fourth

This was followed by a seventh place finish at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and an eighth at the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005, before joining the European Championships in Gothenburg in third was finally on the podium of a major international championship in 2006. In 2007 he was European Vice-Champion in the hall about 3000 m. At the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing, he finished fifth.

On July 3, 2009, he presented in Metz, France in 8:02,19 minutes a new European record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on. This he was able to improve for season climax at the World Championships in Berlin in 8:01,18 minutes and thus win the bronze medal.

The athlete with the nickname "Bob" has a competition weight of 65 kg at a height of 1.90 m.

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