Maoulida Darouèche (born 7 February 1990) is a Comoran

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who specialises in the

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and who has also competed in the

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. Darouèche competed in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and the

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. At both Olympics he competed in the 400 metres hurdles. He has also competed in two

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, an African athletics championships and a

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Competition

Darouèche's debut at an international athletics competition was at the

, where he competed in the

. He was drawn in heat four, a heat containing eventual bronze medalist Javier Culson. Darouèche ran a time of 53.49 seconds and finished last in his heat. Darouèche ran the slowest time of any athlete in the heat round, although Lankantien Lamboni, Akihiko Nakamura and Takayuki Kishimoto were disqualified. Darouèche was 3.36 seconds slower than the slowest athlete to progress to the semi-final round and, therefore, he was eliminated. He then competed at the

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in the

. Darouèche raced in heat two and ran a time of 53.28 seconds. He was 3.41 seconds slower than the heat winner, Omar Cisneros of

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. Darouèche's time was the slowest by any athlete in the heat round of the competition. With only 24 athletes progressing to the semi-finals, 35th fastest Darouèche was eliminated. Darouèche competed at the

2013 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' ( French for ''7th Francophone Games''), were held in Nice, France, from September 6–15. This was the second edition of the games to be hosted in France and the ...

in September 2013 and was knocked out of the

in the heat round after his time of 53.75 seconds was not quick enough to qualify for the final. He was the second-slowest athlete in the heat round, beating Ali Hazer of Lebanon by 0.98 seconds. Darouèche's next major competition was the

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. He was disqualified from the

due to violating

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rule 168.7(a) which states an athlete shall be disqualified if his foot or leg is, at the instant of clearance, beside the hurdle (on either side) or below the horizontal plane of the top of the hurdle. The

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

was Darouèche's second World Championships. He recorded the slowest time out of any athlete in the heat round of the

with a time of 53.06 seconds. At the

, Darouèche competed in the

. Darouèche was drawn in heat two, a heat containing eventual bronze medalist Yasmani Copello. In the race on 15 August 2016, Darouèche ran a time of 52.32 seconds. Darouèche's time was the 45th-quickest out of 46 finishers with only Bahamian Jeffery Gibson slower. Darouèche's time was 2.55 seconds slower than the slowest athlete to progress to the nest round and, therefore, he was eliminated. In his career, Darouèche has also competed in the

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. His personal best in the event is 53.97 metres which he set in

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, France.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daroueche, Maoulida Living people 1990 births Comorian male hurdlers Olympic athletes for the Comoros Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Grande Comore World Athletics Championships athletes for the Comoros