Zahra Lachguer (born 8 June 1978) is a Moroccan former track and field athlete who specialised in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. She was the gold medallist in the event at the

2002 African Championships in Athletics The 13th African Championships in Athletics were held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia in August, 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her d ...

. She has won medals across several disciplines at the Pan Arab Games, including three 400 m hurdles medals, a javelin throw medal and a

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

medal. She was a

1999 Pan Arab Games The 1999 Pan Arab Games were ninth edition of the multi-sport event between Arab countries and were held from August 15 to August 31. A total of around 4600 athletes from 21 countries participated in the 29 sports on offer. The opening ceremony tha ...

gold medallist in the hurdles. Lachguer represented Africa at the

2002 IAAF World Cup The 9th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was hosted by Madrid, September 21–22, 2002, in the Estadio La Peineta. The IAAF worl ...

. She also won a bronze medal at the

2004 African Championships in Athletics The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. Since African Championships is a biennial event, this edition was contested only a month before 2004 Summer Olympics. Thus some top athletes sh ...

. She has won national titles in the 400 metres sprint, 400 m hurdles, javelin and heptathlon.Moroccan Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-07.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lachguer, Zahra Living people 1978 births Moroccan female hurdlers Moroccan female javelin throwers Moroccan heptathletes Competitors at the 1999 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2003 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Morocco 20th-century Moroccan women 20th-century Moroccan people 21st-century Moroccan women 21st-century Moroccan people Arab Games gold medalists Arab Games silver medalists Arab Games bronze medalists