Joseph Mahmoud

Joseph Mahmoud ( born December 13, 1955 in Safi ) is a French former track and field athlete of Moroccan origin, who raced mainly in the obstacle course.

He was from 1980 to 1985 was followed by six times in a row champion of France in the 3000 -meter steeplechase, two more titles in 1989 and 1992. At the World Athletics Championships 1983 in Helsinki he finished fourth in the steeplechase. The following month he celebrated winning the title at the Mediterranean Games in Casablanca.

The most significant success of his career scoring Mahmoud at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. In the steeplechase he won in 8:13,31 min the silver medal behind the Kenyans Julius Korir ( 8:11,80 min ) and before the Americans Brian Diemer ( 8:14,06 min). Two weeks later, Mahmoud at the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels with a Weltjahresbestleistung 8:07,62 min. This time had nearly eighteen years as the European record in hand, before it was undercut in July 2002 by Dutchman Simon Vroemen.

At the IAAF World Indoor Games in Paris in 1985 Mahmoud took eighth place in the 3,000 - meter race and at the European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart, the sixth in the steeplechase. In 1989 he won the bronze medal in the steeplechase at the Jeux de la Francophonie. After the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, ​​where he missed the finals in the steeplechase, he ended his active career. Then he trained, among others, the marathon runner Benoît Zwierzchiewski.

Joseph Mahmoud is 1,74 m tall and had a competition weight of 65 kg.