Migidio Bourifa

Migidio Bourifa ( born January 31, 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco ) is an Italian marathon runner.

Life

In Bergamo grew up, he ran in his youth first karate before he moved to the mountain run and long-distance running.

In the World Half Marathon Championships 1997 in Košice, he finished 52nd place. In 1998, he ran the Turin Marathon a seventh in the standings and the first Italian, but has been tested positive during a doping control on Amineptine, so he was disqualified him and the Italian championship title was stripped. The two-year doping suspension actually due was reduced by the National Federation of " cooperative behavior " to eight months.

He was eighth in the Vienna City Marathon and fifth at the Venice Marathon 1999. The following year, he won at the Maratona di Sant'Antonio in Padua, was fourth in Venice and arrived at the World Half Marathon Championships in Veracruz, ranked 32nd in the year he was second in the Maratona di Sant'Antonio, sixth in Venice and ran at the world Half Marathon Championships in Bristol at number 78. 2002 was followed by a third place at the Paris Marathon, a tenth at the European Athletics Championships in Munich and a sixth at the Milan City Marathon. In 2003 he was second again in Padua and came at the World Athletics Championships in Paris -Saint -Denis on the 53rd place.

In 2004 he was runner-up in Rome and fourth in Turin, in 2005 he won the Maratona d'Europa, and in 2006 he finished in the Road Race World Championships in Debrecen rank 23 and finished fourth in Venice.

As an overall fourth in the Rome Marathon 2007 he was for the first time regularly by Italian masters. The following year he arrived in Paris at number 19 and was fourth at the Florence Marathon.

In 2009 he was declared the overall winner of the Treviso Marathon again national champion, was second in the South Tyrol - marathon and finished the New York City Marathon the 13th Place.

In 2010 he was in Rome and seventh respectively at the European Championships in Barcelona.

Migidio Bourifa is 1,71 m tall and weighs 55 kg. He is coached by Massimo Magnani and starts for Atletica Brembana. As the son of a Moroccan father and an Italian mother, he has dual citizenship.

Personal Best

  • Half Marathon: 1:02:35 h, October 1, 2000, Udine
  • Marathon: 2:09:07 h, April 7, 2002, Paris
Italy Fell running 1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Turin-Marathon 2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2002 European Athletics Championships Milano City Marathon Treviso-Marathon New-York-City-Marathon 2010 European Athletics Championships
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