Fouad Elkaam (born 27 May 1988), also known as Fouad El Kaam, 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 ...

. He competed in the 1500 m event at the 2015 World Championships and

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. Elkaam tested positive for the stimulant

methylhexaneamine Methylhexanamine (also known as methylhexamine, 1,3-dimethylamylamine, 1,3-DMAA, dimethylamylamine, and DMAA; trade names Forthane and Geranamine) is an indirect sympathomimetic drug invented and developed by Eli Lilly and Company and marketed a ...

in June 2011 and was subsequently handed a 6-month ban from sports.

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* * * * * 1988 births Living people Doping cases in athletics Moroccan male middle-distance runners Moroccan sportspeople in doping cases World Athletics Championships athletes for Morocco Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Morocco Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Morocco Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Morocco 20th-century Moroccan people 21st-century Moroccan people {{Morocco-athletics-bio-stub