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Hicham El Guerrouj 1500m,
5000m - MOR
Born: Sept. 14, 1974
Hometown: Berkane,
Morocco
Resides: Rabat,
Morocco
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 57kg
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 Ranked No. 1 in 2003 in 1500m, ran second-fastest time in 5000m in 2003
Set
1,500m world record of 3:26.00 in Rome in 1998
Won
silver at the Sydney Olympics, finishing behind Noah
Ngeny of Kenya in a time of 3:32.32
Expected
to challenge for gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics,
but tripped on then-world-record holder Algerian Noureddine
Morceli's heels on the final lap. Unable to recover,
he finished last
In
1999 in Rome, set world record of 3:43.13 in the mile
to break Morceli's six-year-old mark
In
September of 1999, claimed his third world record
at a meet in Berlin, Germany, running 2,000m in 4:44.79
One
of the most popular athletes in Europe and a friend
of Morocco's ruling family
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