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Khalid Khannouchi

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Khalid Khannouchi (Arabic: خالد خنّوشي) (born September 12, 1971) is a Moroccan-born American retired long-distance runner. He is the former world record holder for the marathon and held the former road world best for the 20 km distance. He is one of only five men to break the marathon world record more than once, and one of only five to break their own marathon world record (the others are Jim Peters, Derek Clayton, Eliud Kipchoge, and Haile Gebrselassie). Khalid fell out with the Moroccan athletics federation over training expenses and moved to Brooklyn, New York City in 1992 with three of his friends. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Khalid Khannouchi is the 5,886th most popular athlete, the 286th most popular biography from Morocco and the 25th most popular Moroccan Athlete.

Khalid Khannouchi is most famous for being a Moroccan-born American long-distance runner who set multiple world records in the marathon during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours and 5 minutes, achieving a record time of 2:05:38 in 1999.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Khalid Khannouchi ranks 5,886 out of 6,025. Before him are Abderrahman Samba, Dušan Mandić, Nina Christen, Beata Mikołajczyk, Sarah Höfflin, and Nathaniel Coleman. After him are Natalia Kuziutina, Szilvia Szabó, Alex Coomber, Lu Chunlong, Lutz Altepost, and Luca Agamennoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Khalid Khannouchi ranks 1,254. Before him are Michaela Watkins, Ricardo Ismael Rojas, Karl Deisseroth, Sukhwinder Singh, Tim Austin, and Peter Billingsley. After him are Guivi Sissaouri, Rebecca Creskoff, Leanne Wood, Kris Draper, Katie Finneran, and Alexander Chaplin.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Khalid Khannouchi ranks 286 out of 264. Before him are Hicham Mahdoufi (1983), Issam El Adoua (1986), Hamza Mendyl (1997), Abdel Abqar (1999), Oussama Tannane (1994), and Ahmed Ammi (1981). After him are Achraf Lazaar (1992), Nadia Kounda (1989), Assmaa Niang (1983), Ibba Laajab (1985), Moha Rharsalla (1993), and Yassin Ayoub (1994).

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Among ATHLETES In Morocco

Among athletes born in Morocco, Khalid Khannouchi ranks 25. Before him are Rachid El Basir (1968), Tahar Tamsamani (1980), Jorge Sánchez (null), Bouchra Ghezielle (1979), Abdelkebir Ouaddar (1962), and Abdalaati Iguider (1987). After him are Assmaa Niang (1983), Ayad Lamdassem (1981), Adel Mechaal (1990), El-Hassan El-Abbassi (null), Mohamed Katir (1998), and Malika Akkaoui (1987).

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