Kaoutar Farkoussi (born 19 March 1996) is a Moroccan runner. On the track, she won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the

2017 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' ( French for ''8th Francophone Games''), informally known as Abidjan 2017, took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the first edition of ...

, finished sixth at the

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. Previously the event has been held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch ...

, and won the gold medal at the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...

. Outside the track, she won a silver medal in mixed relay at the 2019 World Cross Country Championships. Her personal best

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 ...

time is 15:48.73 minutes, achieved in July 2018 in

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

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1996 births Living people Moroccan female long-distance runners Moroccan female cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics African Games competitors for Morocco 21st-century Moroccan women {{Morocco-athletics-bio-stub