Bouabdallah "Bob" Tahri (born 20 December 1978) is a retired middle-distance and

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French runner, who was born in

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. He competed mainly in the 3000 m steeplechase distance. He also competes in the 2000 m steeplechase, 1500 m,

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, 10000 m and

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. He has won several medals at major international championships such as the

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and the European Indoor Championships. Moreover, he has won medals in the

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, European Team Championships,

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and the IAAF World Athletics Final. In June 2009, Tahri improved his 2000 m outdoor steeplechase European record with a run of 5:15.36 in

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. He set a new 3000 m outdoor steeplechase European record of 8:01.18 in finishing third in the

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of the 2009 World Championships in

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. On 25 June 2010, Tahri set a new world-record time of 5:13.47 in the 2000m outdoor steeplechase race in

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, France. The previous world-record time of 5:14.43 was set on 21 Aug 1990 by

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. But Tahri's 2000m outdoor steeplechase world record was broken only 5 days later by his compatriot

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (born 15 March 1985) is a French professional middle-distance runner of Algerian descent who mainly competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He has won medals in major international competitions such as the Olympic Ga ...

. On 29 June 2010, Tahri won the 3000m outdoor steeplechase race in

in the world's fastest time (8:03.72) of the year. He retired after running

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at the 2016 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris.

Notable results (3000 m steeplechase, unless otherwise stated; only the position in the final is indicated)

* 2013 European Team Championships - gold medal (3000 m) * 2013 European Team Championships - silver medal (5000 m) * 2011 World Championships - fourth place * 2010 Continental Cup - bronze medal (5000 m) * 2010 European Championships - silver medal * 2009 World Athletics Final - bronze medal * 2009 World Championships - bronze medal *

2009 European Indoor Championships The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena

- silver medal (3000 m) *

2008 World Athletics Final The 6th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany on September 13 and September 14, 2008. A number of road races also took place on the second day of competition. There were seven different starting poi ...

- seventh place * 2008 Olympic Games - fifth place * 2007 World Athletics Final - fourth place * 2007 World Championships - fifth place * 2007 European Indoor Championships - silver medal (3000 m) * 2007 European Cup - gold medal (3000 m) * 2006 IAAF World Cup - bronze medal * 2006 World Athletics Final - bronze medal * 2006 European Championships - bronze medal * 2005 European Cup - silver medal (5000 m) * 2005 World Athletics Final - fifth place * 2005 World Championships - eighth place * 2004 European Cup - gold medal *

2004 Olympic Games 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), ...

- seventh place * 2003 World Athletics Final - fifth place (3000 m) * 2003 World Championships - fourth place * 2002 European Cup - gold medal * 2002 European Championships - fourth place * 2001 European Cup - gold medal * 2001 World Championships - fifth place * 2001 World Indoor Championships - eleventh place (3000 m) * 2000 European Cup - gold medal * 1999 World Championships - twelfth place * 1998 European Championships - tenth place * 1996 World Junior Championships - seventh place

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tahri, Bouabdallah 1978 births Living people French sportspeople of Algerian descent French male middle-distance runners French male long-distance runners French male steeplechase runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France Sportspeople from Metz World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century French people 21st-century French people