Mohamed Allek ar, محمد علاك ‎; (17 August 1974 – 8 March 2016) was a

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, competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. He was born in

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. In the

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Allek won gold medals in the T37 100 m and 200 m but missed out on a medal in the 400 m. Four years later in

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he made amends and won a clean sweep of the T37 sprint gold medals. In

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he was only able to compete in the 200 m and only won a bronze. In

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he competed in the 100 m, 200 m and as part of the Algerian 4 × 100 m squad but failed to win any medals for the first time. Allek died in Algiers on the night of 7–8 March 2016, at the age of 41.

References

1974 births 2016 deaths Algerian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic athletes of Algeria Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Algeria Paralympic bronze medalists for Algeria People from Agouni Gueghrane 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-Paralympic-medalist-stub