Brahim Kaazouzi (born 15 June 1990) is a
Moroccan middle-distance runner
Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...
who specialises in the
1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
. He represented his country at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
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He broke into the world's top 100 athletes in the 2014 season. He gained selection for
Morocco at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Morocco competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Moroccan Olympic Committee (french: Comité Olympique Marocain) fielded a squad ...
through a former personal best run of 3:35.76 minutes in 2016.
He has qualified to represent Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Personal bests
Outdoor
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
– 3:33.22 min (Rabat 2018)
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3000 metres
The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...
– 7:41.88 min (Rabat 2017)
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5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...
– 13:16.98 min (Carquefou 2017)
Indoor
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
– 3:36.95 min (Liévin 2018)
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3000 metres
The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...
– 7:50.33 min (Metz 2017)
All information from All Athletics.
Brahim Kaazouzi
All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
International competitions
1Did not start in the final
References
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Living people
1990 births
Moroccan male middle-distance runners
Moroccan male long-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Morocco
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Morocco
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics
Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Morocco
20th-century Moroccan people
21st-century Moroccan people