Moroccan long-distance runner
Elarbi Khattabi (Arabic : العربي خطابي ; born 16 May 1976) is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and cross-country running .
He was born in Casablanca .[ 1] He is a world road relay champion with Moroccan team in Litochoro, Greece 1994.
His achievements in the 3000 metres steeplechase on the global level are a tenth place at the 1992 Olympic Games , seventh place at the 1993 World Championships and fifth place at the 1993 IAAF Grand Prix Final , before he competed at the 1995 World Championships . He then finished eleventh at the 1995 Grand Prix Final, the 1997 World Championships and the 1999 World Championships . He then finished eighth at the 1999 Grand Prix Final, and competed at the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2001 World Championships without reaching the final.[ 2] On the regional level he won the silver medal at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie and the gold medal at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie . With 8:16.63 minutes in 2001 he set a new championship record.[ 3] He also finished fifth at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and fourth at the 2002 African Championships .[ 2]
His personal best times were 7.43.06 minutes in the 3000 metres , achieved in July 1998 in Paris ;[ 4] 8.09.03 minutes in the 3000 metres steeplechase, achieved in July 1999 in Rome ;[ 5] and 13.18.92 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Saint-Denis .[ 6]
At the World Cross Country Championships he recorded many top placements. He finished fourteenth in 1994 , eleventh in 1995 , sixteenth in 1997 , eleventh in 1998 and 27th in 2002 .[ 2] He won silver medals with the Moroccan team in the team competitions of 1994, 1995 and 1997,[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] and bronze team medals in 1998 and 2002.[ 10] [ 11] The team silver in 1994 was the first team medal claimed by Morocco in this event.[ 12]
References
^ "El-Arbi Khattabi" . Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2010 .
^ a b c Elarbi Khattabi at World Athletics
^ "Francophone Games" . GBR Athletics . Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 March 2010 .
^ World men's all-time best 3000m (last updated 2001)
^ World men's all-time best 3000m steeplechase (last updated 2001)
^ World men's all-time best 5000m (last updated 2001)
^ "IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 12.1km CC Men – Budapest Kincsem Park Date: Saturday, March 26, 1994" . Athchamps. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010 .
^ "IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 12.0km CC Men – Durham University of Durham Date: Saturday, March 25, 1995" . Athchamps. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010 .
^ "IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 12.3km CC Men – Torino Parco del Valentino Date: Sunday, March 23, 1997" . Athchamps. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010 .
^ "IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 12.0km CC Men – Marrakech Menara district Date: Sunday, March 22, 1998" . Athchamps. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010 .
^ "IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 12.0km CC Men – Dublin Leopardstown Date: Sunday, March 24, 2002" . Athchamps. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010 .
^ "World and World Student Cross Country Championships" . GBR Athletics . Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 March 2010 .