Aziz Ouhadi

Aziz Ouhadi

Aziz Ouhadi in 2015
Personal information
Born (1984-07-24) July 24, 1984
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)

Aziz Ouhadi (Arabic: عزيز أوحادي; born 24 July 1984 in Khemisset) is a Moroccan track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. His 100 m personal best of 10.09 seconds is the Moroccan national record. He was part of the Morocco team for the 2012 London Olympics.[1] He represented his country at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships and 2012 World Indoor Championships and has won medals at the Jeux de la Francophonie and the Military World Games.

Career

He won his first national title in the 100 m in 2005.[2] Having run a personal best of 10.25 seconds in Sofia in 2009, he was selected for the Moroccan national squad and came fourth in his heat at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.[3] At the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie a month later he took the silver medal over 100 m behind Ben Youssef Meité.[4] He ran for his country in both the 100 m and 200 m at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics and came sixth and fourth in the respective finals.[3]

Ouhadi developed rapidly in 2011: he improved the Moroccan record three times early in the season, culminating in a 10.09-second victory at the Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar.[5] He won the 100 m at the IAAF Rabat Meeting and headed to Europe, where he won at the Memorial Primo Nebiolo and Josef Odlozil Memorial.[6] He ran in both the sprints at the 2011 Military World Games and won two silver medals, finishing behind Femi Seun Ogunode on both occasions.[7] He reached the final of the men's 60 metres at the 2012 World Indoor Championships.[3]

References

  1. Aziz Ouhadi. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-04-08.
  2. Moroccan Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-08-21.
  3. 1 2 3 Ouhadi Aziz. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-21.
  4. Vazel, P-J (2009-10-03). Berrabah’s 8.40m Moroccan Long Jump record highlights - Francophone Games, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-21.
  5. Jalava, Mirko (2011-05-28). Heidler’s 75.33m the standout result in Dakar - IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-21.
  6. Aziz Ouhadi Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.. ESMI. Retrieved on 2011-08-21.
  7. Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (2011-07-24). Strong showing by Kenya at the World Military Games in Rio de Janeiro. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-19.

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