Hind Dehiba

Hind Dehiba Chahyd (born Chahyd; born March 17, 1979 in Khouribga ) is a French middle distance runner of Moroccan origin who specializes in the 1,500 -meter run.

Career

In 2002 she went to France, where she met her future husband and coach Fodil Dehiba. The two were married the following year. On July 21, 2004, she received French citizenship, which allowed her to start shortly at the Olympic Games in Athens for France. There, however, she was disqualified in the 1500 meter race already made ​​after the heats.

In 2005 she won the bronze medal over 1500 meters at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid. In the same year they improved in Rieti the French outdoor record over this distance to 4:00,49 min. In 2006, she occupied at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow fourth in French indoor record of 4:05,67 min. At the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 2006 she finished ninth.

At a doping test on 23 January 2007 Dehiba Chahyd illegal use of erythropoietin (EPO) was transferred. Then a two-year competition ban because of this breach of the rules on doping has been passed on February 16. After their expiration Dehiba adopted the World Athletics Championships 2009 in part in Berlin, where she was eliminated in the semifinal round in the 1500 meter race.

In July 2010, they improved the French record in the 1,500 meters to 3:59,76 min. Two weeks later they celebrated the most important success so far in their careers. At the European Championships in Barcelona, she won the silver medal behind Spaniard Nuria Fernández in the 1500 meter race.

Bests

• 800 m: 1:59,75 min 17 September, 2005, Shanghai
• 1500 m: 3:59,76 min, July 16, 2010 Saint Denis (French record ) Hall: 4:05,67 min 12 March, 2006, Moscow (French record )