Soufiane El Bakkali

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Soufiane El Bakkali
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El Bakkali in 2022
Personal information
Born (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 28)
Fez, Morocco
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1][2]
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Morocco
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 3000 metres steeplechase
Club FCC Fes[3]
Coached by Karim Tlemcani[3]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking 1st (2023)
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Please use {{MAR}} (ISO/IOC/FIFA standard)
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 3000 m st.
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Eugene 3000 m st.
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest 3000 m st.
Silver medal – second place 2017 London 3000 m st.
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha 3000 m st.
Diamond League
First place 2022 3000 m st.
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat 3000 m st.
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Asaba 3000 m st.

Soufiane El Bakkali (Arabic: سفيان البقالي‎‎, born 7 January 1996[4]) is a Moroccan male runner specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion, having previously finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. At the World Athletics Championships, El Bakkali won two gold medals, winning his first in 2022 and later in 2023, He won silver in 2017 and bronze in 2019. He also placed third at the 2019 African Games and second at the 2018 African Championships.

El Bakkali was the 2022 Diamond League champion in his specialist event.

Career

At age 18, Soufiane El Bakkali placed fourth in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, and then made his senior debut at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics, taking tenth in the event.[5] He also competed in cross country running and was 18th as a junior at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.[4]

He gained selection for Morocco at the 2016 Summer Olympics after a personal best of 8:14.41 minutes to take fourth in his specialist event at the Herculis meeting.[6] At the Rio Olympics, El Bakkali improved his personal best further to 8:14.35 minutes and finished fourth.[7]

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He won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships held in London in a time of 8:14.49 behind only Conseslus Kipruto who ran 8:14.12. Two years later, at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar El Bakkali earned a bronze with a season's best of 8:03.76 behind Kipruto (8:01.35) and Lamecha Girma (8:01.36).[4]

On 3 September 2020, he won the 1500 metres race at the 14th International Marseille Athletics Meeting in France.[8]

El Bakkali qualified to represent Morocco at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics[9] where he won the gold medal in his signature event with a time of 8:08.90, ahead of Girma in 8:10.38 and Benjamin Kigen (8:11.45). He thus became the first non-Kenyan-born athlete to win the title since Poland's Bronislaw Malinowski did so at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, and the first non-Kenyan born gold medallist at the Olympics or World Championships since 1987.[10][11]

On 18 September 2021, El Bakkali won his speciality event at the Kip Keino Classic meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, finishing with an 8:21.20 clocking.[12][13]

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On 18 July 2022 at the World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, El Bakkali became the world champion, winning the gold medal in the 3000 m steeplechase with a time of 8:25.13 ahead of Lamecha Girma (8:26.01) and Conseslus Kipruto (8:27.92).[14] In September at the Diamond League final in Zürich, he claimed his first Diamond Trophy. Just three days later, he capped his fine season with an African best in the 2000 m steeplechase, running 5:14.06 at the Hanžeković Memorial in Zagreb to move to third on the world all-time list for the event.[15] El Bakkali was undefeated and ran the fastest time in the world that season, clocking 7:58.28 at Rabat Diamond League. In November, he was shortlisted for the World Athletics Male Athlete of the Year award.[16]

On 22 August 2023, El Bakkali won his second World Championship gold medal in the 2023 World Athletics Championships after placing first in the final race with a time of 8:03.53.[17][18]

Personal life

On 14 September 2023, El Bakkai donated some of his blood for the needy affected by the 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake.[19]

Achievements

International competitions

Representing Please use {{MAR}} (ISO/IOC/FIFA standard)
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States 4th 3000 m s'chase 8:34.98
African Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 10th 3000 m s'chase 8:59.66
2015 World Cross Country Championships Guiyang, China 18th Junior race 24:46
7th Junior race 139 pts
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th 3000 m s'chase 8:14.35
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 2nd 3000 m s'chase 8:14.49
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 1st 3000 m s'chase 8:20.97
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 2nd 3000 m s'chase 8:28.01
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 3rd 3000 m s'chase 8:19.45
World Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd 3000 m s'chase 8:03.76
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan – 1500 m DNF
1st 3000 m s'chase 8:08.90
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 1st 3000 m s'chase 8:25.13
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 3000 m s'chase 8:03.53

Circuit wins and titles

3000 metres steeplechase wins, other events specified in parenthesis
3000 metres steeplechase wins, other events specified in parenthesis

Personal bests

Awards

References

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  5. ↑ 2014 African Championships in Athletics Results Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Marrakech2014. Retrieved on 19 August 2016.
  6. ↑ 3000 Metres Steeplechase men Herculis MONACO Monaco (Stade Louis II), MONACO 15 JUL 2016. IAAF. Retrieved on 19 August 2016. Archived 23 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Soufiane El Bakkali Archived 22 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016. Retrieved on 19 August 2016.
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External links

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