Mohammed Mourhit ( ar, محمد مُرحيت; born 10 October 1970 in

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) is a

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top cross country, middle and long-distance runner who holds one European record, in the

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. He is also a former European 10000 m record holder. He won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in the 5000 metres and a silver medal at the

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in the 3000 metres behind

Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj ( ar, هشام الݣروج, Hishām l-Garrūj; ber, ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ, Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record ho ...

. Mourhit was also a two-time winner of the

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in the long course in 2000 and 2001. He also won the

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1997. He earned the Belgian citizenship in 1997 by marriage. He competed in Lotto Cross Cup cross country meetings and won the domestic series in 1996–97 and 1997–98. He was suspended for the use of EPO in 2002. He returned to competition in 2004, after seeing his ban reduced, and qualified for the World Championships in Helsinki 2005.IAAF Athlete Profile
/ref> He holds the fastest non-winning time for the 3000 metres. In Monaco on 18 August 2000, he ran 7:26.62, coming second to Ali Saïdi-Sief. No other man has broken 7:27 and come second.

Personal bests

* 3000 m – 7:26.62 (7th all-time) * 5000 m – 12:49.71 (15th all-time) * 10000 m – 26:52.30 (32nd all-time)

References

* Living people 1970 births People from Khouribga Belgian male middle-distance runners Belgian male long-distance runners Moroccan male middle-distance runners Moroccan male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Belgium Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium World Athletics Cross Country Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Belgian sportspeople in doping cases Moroccan sportspeople in doping cases Belgian sportspeople of Moroccan descent Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Morocco Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub

Personal bests

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