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Nouria Mérah-Benida

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Nouria Merah-Benida (Arabic: نورية مراح بنيدة) (born 19 October 1970 in Algiers) is a former Algerian middle-distance runner. At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, Merah-Benida won silver medals in both 800 metres and 1,500 metres. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won an unexpected gold medal ahead of Romanians Violeta Szekely (silver) and Gabriela Szabo (bronze). The same year, she won an 800 m silver medal and a 1,500 m gold medal at the African Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nouria Mérah-Benida is the 1,993rd most popular athlete (up from 2,324th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 170th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Algerian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nouria Mérah-Benida ranks 1,993 out of 6,025. Before her are Arkadiusz Godel, Mariya Pisareva, Benjamin Bradshaw, Frank Ullrich, Faith Kipyegon, and Masushi Ouchi. After her are Jenny Lamy, Alfred Probst, Petra Schersing, Robert Ouko, Antonina Lazareva, and Bronisław Malinowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Nouria Mérah-Benida ranks 314. Before her are Alex Barros, Andrea Parker, Sander Boschker, Hao Haidong, Nicklas Lidström, and Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. After her are Pär Zetterberg, Emmanuel Pahud, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Roy Khan, Chris Broderick, and Uschi Disl.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Nouria Mérah-Benida ranks 155 out of 213. Before her are Mustapha Moussa (1962), Souad Massi (1972), Catherine Malabou (1959), Anne Alvaro (1951), Joseph Gonzales (1907), and Sabri Boukadoum (1958). After her are Jean-François Larios (1956), Pierre-Henri Raphanel (1961), Ali Bencheikh (1955), Valérie Benguigui (1961), Abdelmajid Bourebbou (1951), and William Ayache (1961).

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Among ATHLETES In Algeria

Among athletes born in Algeria, Nouria Mérah-Benida ranks 5. Before her are Alain Mimoun (1921), Boughera El Ouafi (1898), Hassiba Boulmerka (1968), and Noureddine Morceli (1970). After her are 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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