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Noureddine Morceli

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Noureddine Morceli (Arabic: نور الدين مرسلي, Nūr ud-Dīn Mursilī; born February 28, 1970) is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner. The winner of the 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Morceli won three straight gold medals at that distance at the World Championships in Athletics. He set world records in the 1500 m, mile, 2000m, and 3000 metres. One time during his career, he held 6 world records at the same time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Noureddine Morceli is the 1,259th most popular athlete (down from 777th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 127th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Algerian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Noureddine Morceli ranks 1,259 out of 6,025. Before him are Romano Sgheiz, Joseph Perotaux, Commodore Cochran, Heinrich Peters, Per Berlin, and Yoshihisa Yoshikawa. After him are Vasile Tiță, Edward Moore, Charles Kieffer, Eirik Kvalfoss, Daphne Hasenjäger, and Horst Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Noureddine Morceli ranks 203. Before him are Rahul Gandhi, Doug Christie, Kevin Sussman, Ken Leung, Marc Rosset, and Nick Offerman. After him are Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma, Julie Bowen, Pedro Proença, Anthony Anderson, Iryna Bilyk, and Marie-Josée Croze.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Noureddine Morceli ranks 135 out of 213. Before him are Célestin Oliver (1930), Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1927), Georges Lamia (1933), Abdelmalek Benhabyles (1921), Solveig Dommartin (1961), and Abdelkader Ben Bouali (1912). After him are Jean Amrouche (1906), Louis Ségura (1889), Mustapha Zitouni (1928), Cheb Hasni (1968), Tedj Bensaoula (1954), and Louisa Hanoune (1954).

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Among ATHLETES In Algeria

Among athletes born in Algeria, Noureddine Morceli ranks 4. Before him are Alain Mimoun (1921), Boughera El Ouafi (1898), and Hassiba Boulmerka (1968). After him are 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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