Hasna Benhassi ( ar, حسنة بنحسي; born 1 June 1978) is a retired 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 ...

. She competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics and won two medals in the 800 m event, in 2004 and 2008. At the world championships she won a gold medal over 1500 m indoors in 2001 and silver medals over 800 m outdoors in 2005 and 2007. In 2004, she was named Sportsperson of the Year in Morocco after a survey conducted by the Moroccan Radio among 43 press institutions.Hicham El Guerrouj and Hasna Benhassi named Moroccan Athletes of the Year
iaaf.org (27 December 2004) Benhassi is married to the fellow Olympic middle-distance runner Mouhssin Chehibi; they have a daughter named Farah.

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* * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Marrakesh Moroccan female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Morocco Olympic silver medalists for Morocco Olympic bronze medalists for Morocco 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 Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Morocco World Athletics Championships medalists Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Indoor Championships winners 20th-century Moroccan women 21st-century Moroccan women {{Morocco-athletics-bio-stub