Saïda El Mehdi (born 21 September 1981) is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. In 2004, she won an 800 m

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

and a 1500 m

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

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 ...

and she was the 1500 m

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

list at the

2004 Pan Arab Games The 10th Pan Arab Games was an international multi-sport event which took place in Algiers, Algeria, between 24 September and 10 October 2004. It witnessed the participation of all Arab League members for the first time – 22 countries participate ...

. The following year she won medals in both events at the

2005 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''Ves Jeux de la Francophonie'', ( French for ''Francophone Games'') were held from December 7–17, 2005 in Niamey, Niger. Events Sports Cultural Medal count Total Participation There were a ...

. She was suspended for two years after she failed a doping test at the Meeting SEAT in Paris in February 2009. Having tested positive for the steroid stanozolol, she was banned from competition until 29 April 2011.Dopage: L'IAAF suspend les Marocains Jamal Chatbi (3 ans) et Saida Mehdi (2 ans)
. Magress (2009-12-14). Retrieved on 2010-10-02.

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Personal bests

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

- 2:01.85 (2006) *

- 4:08.60 (2004) *

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 ...

- 9:04.69 (2006)

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* 1981 births Living people Moroccan female middle-distance runners Moroccan sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics 20th-century Moroccan women 20th-century Moroccan people 21st-century Moroccan women 21st-century Moroccan people Arab Athletics Championships winners {{Morocco-athletics-bio-stub

Achievements

Personal bests

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