Nouria Merah-Benida ( ar, نورية مراح بنيدة) (born October 19, 1970 in
Algiers) is a former
Algeria
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n middle distance runner.
At the 1999
All-Africa Games in
Johannesburg
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Merah-Benida won silver medals in both
800 metres
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and
1500 metres
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. At the
2000 Summer Olympics in
Sydney she won an extremely surprising gold medal ahead of Romanians
Violeta Szekely
Violeta Szekely, née Beclea (born 26 March 1965, in Dolheștii Mari, Suceava County) is a Romanian former middle distance runner who competed mainly in the 1500 metres. She competed in two Olympic Games, in 1992 and 2000.
She was favor ...
(silver) and
Gabriela Szabo (bronze).
The same year she won an 800 m silver medal and a 1500 m gold medal at the
African Championships. She retired after the 2001 season.
Competition record
References
1970 births
Living people
Algerian female middle-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Algeria
Olympic gold medalists for Algeria
Sportspeople from Algiers
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Algeria
Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
African Games silver medalists for Algeria
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games
21st-century Algerian people
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