Farida Fates (née Zigha; born 2 February 1962 in

Jijel Jijel ( ar, جيجل), the classical Igilgili, is the capital of Jijel Province in north-eastern Algeria. It is flanked by the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Corniche Jijelienne and had a population of 131,513 in 2008. Jijel is the administra ...

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) is a former French

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, who specialized in

long-distance running Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance running comes two d ...

. She won four track titles at the

French Athletics Championships The French Athletics Championships (french: Championnats de France d'athlétisme) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Fédération française d'athlétisme (FFA; French Athletics Federation), which serves as the Frenc ...

: over

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 ...

(1990),

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 ...

(1989 and 1994) and

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 ...

(1996). She also won three titles at the French Cross Country Championships (1990, 1996 and 1997). On 21 August 1994, in

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, she improved the French 5000 m record by completing the distance in 15:16.41 minutes. She won the bronze medal team at

1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Amorebieta, Spain, at the Jaureguibarría Course on March 28, 1993. A report on the event was given in ''The New York Times'' and in the Herald. Complete results for senior men, ...

and the team silver medal at the

1994 European Cross Country Championships The 1st European Cross Country Championships were held at Alnwick in England on 10 December 1994. Paulo Guerra took the title in the men's competition and Catherina McKiernan won the women's race. Results European Athletic Association: ''Statistic ...

International competitions

National titles

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**1500 m: 1990 **3000 m: 1989, 1994 **5000 m: 1996 * French Cross Country Championships **Long course: 1990, 1996, 1997

Personal bests

References

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Farida Fatès
at Track and Field Statistics 1962 births Living people People from Jijel Algerian emigrants to France French female middle-distance runners French female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics French Athletics Championships winners French tennis coaches {{France-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub