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Hassiba Boulmerka

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Hassiba Boulmerka (Arabic: حسيبة بولمرقة, born 10 July 1968) is a former Algerian middle distance athlete. While under threat of death from fanatics, she won Algeria's first Olympic gold medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hassiba Boulmerka is the 960th most popular athlete (down from 910th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 136th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Algerian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hassiba Boulmerka ranks 960 out of 6,025. Before her are Birger Sörvik, Harriet Bland, Maurice Huet, Jaak Uudmäe, Vilho Niittymaa, and Gerd Wessig. After her are Henry Carr, Shuhei Nishida, Robert Lindsay, Viktor Kapitonov, László Szollás, and Hugo Wieslander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Hassiba Boulmerka ranks 208. Before her are Anto Drobnjak, Leticia Calderón, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Michael Stuhlbarg, Eddie Marsan, and Kristen Cloke. After her are David MacMillan, Gianni Morbidelli, Oleh Tyahnybok, Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau, Seth Gilliam, and Katja K.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Hassiba Boulmerka ranks 126 out of 213. Before her are Abdelhamid Brahimi (1936), Tahar Djaout (1954), Ernest Libérati (1906), Smail Hamdani (1930), Mohammed El Filali (1945), and Mustapha Dahleb (1952). After her are Françoise Dürr (1942), Biyouna (1952), Célestin Oliver (1930), Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1927), Georges Lamia (1933), and Abdelmalek Benhabyles (1921).

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Among ATHLETES In Algeria

Among athletes born in Algeria, Hassiba Boulmerka ranks 3. Before her are Alain Mimoun (1921), and Boughera El Ouafi (1898). After her are Noureddine Morceli (1970), Nouria Mérah-Benida (1970), Djabir Saïd-Guerni (1977), Ali Saïdi-Sief (1978), Amar Benikhlef (1982), Taoufik Makhloufi (1988), Brenno (null), Abderrahmane Hammad (1977), and Nassima Saifi (1988).

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