Salah Qoqaiche

Salah Qoqaiche (born 10 July 1967) is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race.

He won the gold medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games^[1] and finished fifth in the marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[2] He also entered the 1997 World Championships, but did not finish.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Morocco
1991	Mediterranean Games	Athens, Greece	1st	Marathon	2:20:26
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	6th	Marathon	2:14:25
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	—	Marathon	DNF

Mediterranean Games champions in men's marathon

1949: Mustafa Kaplan (TUR) 1951: Ahmet Aytar (TUR) 1955: Abdel Herin (EGY) 1959–1963: Bakir Benaïssa (MAR) 1967: Antonio Ambu (ITA) 1971: Giovanbattista Bassi (ITA) 1975: Antonino Baños (ESP) 1979: Michalis Kousis (GRE) 1983: Mehmet Terzi (TUR) 1987: Enrico Oligarbadessi (ITA) 1991: Salah Qoqaiche (MAR) 1993: Davide Milesi (ITA) 1997: Azzedine Sakhri (ALG) 2001: Sergio Chiesa (ITA) 2005^†: Saïd Belhout (ALG) 2009–2013: Ahmed Baday (MAR)

^† At the 2005 Mediterranean Games the event was replaced by the half marathon

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