Abdelatif Chemlal ( ar, عبداللطيف شملال) (born 11 January 1982 in

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) is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the

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. His personal best time is 8:21.00 minutes, achieved in June 2002 in Seville. He represented his country in the steeplechase at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, running in the heats. He was the

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

list in the steeplechase at the

2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile between 17 and 22 October 2000. Results Men Women Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1122 athle ...

. He followed this up with another bronze at the

African Junior Championships in Athletics The African Junior Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics event for junior athletes from African nations. Organized by the Confederation of African Athletics and first held in 1994, only athletes aged 19 or under are allowed t ...

the next year. In 2004 he won a continental medal on the senior stage, finishing behind David Chemweno and

Richard Mateelong Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong (born 14 October 1983) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase. He won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and he has two World Champ ...

to take the bronze. Chemlal was suspended by the

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from December 2004 to December 2006. He returned to international competition at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and ran in the heats of the steeplechase at the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...

.Chemlal Adbelatif

. Retrieved on 18 December 2010.

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* __NOTOC__ 1982 births Living people Doping cases in athletics Moroccan male long-distance runners Moroccan sportspeople in doping cases Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Morocco Moroccan male steeplechase runners 20th-century Moroccan people 21st-century Moroccan people {{morocco-athletics-bio-stub

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