Nabil Choueiri
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Nabil Boutros Choueiri ( ar, نبيل بطرس شويري; born 1950) is a Lebanese former
long-distance running Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance running comes two d ...
athlete. He was the Lebanese record holder for over twenty years in the
mile run The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to ...
,
two miles The 2 mile (10,560 feet or 3,218.688 metres) is a historic running distance. Like the mile run, it is still contested at some invitational meets due its historical chronology in the United States and United Kingdom. It has been larg ...
,
3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...
, and
3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...
. Internationally, he was an Olympian at the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
(running in the marathon) and ran at the
IAAF World Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...
in 1979, 1981 and 1982. He was part of the Lebanese team for the 1979 Mediterranean Games.


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* * Living people 1950 births Lebanese male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Lebanon Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Lebanese steeplechase runners Lebanese male long-distance runners Lebanese male cross country runners Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Lebanon {{Lebanon-athletics-bio-stub