Salaheddine Hissou ( ar, صلاح حيسو) (born January 16, 1972) is a long-distance runner from

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

, who won the gold medal over 5000 metres at the

1999 World Championships in Athletics The 7th World Championships in Athletics, a World Athletic Championships event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and Augu ...

in Seville. With 26:38.08 he also set a

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over

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in Brussels in 1996 and won a bronze medal over 10,000 m at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta. Hissou was born in Ait Taghia,

Kasba Tadla Kasba Tadla ( ar, قصبة تادلة, Qaṣba Tadla; Berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ) is a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 200 ,898. The highest temperature ev ...

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1972 births Living people Moroccan male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Morocco Olympic bronze medalists for Morocco People from Kasba Tadla World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Moroccan people 21st-century Moroccan people {{Morocco-athletics-bio-stub