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Saïd Aouita

1959 - Today

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Saïd Aouita (Arabic: سعيد عويطة; born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan track and field athlete. He is the only athlete in history to have won a medal in each of the 800 meters and 5000 meters at the Olympic games. He won the 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, as well as the 3000 meters at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He is a former world record holder over 1500 metres (3:29.46), 2000 m (4:50.81), 3000 m (7:29.45), and twice at 5000 m (13:00.40 and 12:58.39). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saïd Aouita is the 174th most popular athlete (down from 94th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 55th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Saïd Aouita ranks 174 out of 6,025. Before him are Ethel Smith, Joseph Guillemot, Jim Bausch, Lia Manoliu, Johan Grøttumsbråten, and Giuseppe Moioli. After him are Ecaterina Oancia, Gaston Reiff, Naoto Tajima, Irving Baxter, Carlo Airoldi, and Karin Balzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Saïd Aouita ranks 137. Before him are Alan Wilder, Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, Peter Mensah, Allison Janney, Catherine Keener, and Renny Harlin. After him are Suzanne Vega, Anatoly Onoprienko, Nagarjuna, Christian Thielemann, Vanity, and Nicole Brown Simpson.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Saïd Aouita ranks 59 out of 264. Before him are Amir Peretz (1952), Driss Jettou (1945), Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq (1212), Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi (1256), Mohammed Ben Aarafa (1886), and Abdallah ibn Yasin (null). After him are Mohamed Oufkir (1920), Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco (1978), Samira Said (1958), Abderrahmane Youssoufi (1924), Mahieddine Khalef (1944), and Abdellatif Filali (1928).

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Among ATHLETES In Morocco

Among athletes born in Morocco, Saïd Aouita ranks 1. After him are Nawal El Moutawakel (1962), Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929), Hicham El Guerrouj (1974), Brahim Boutayeb (1967), Nezha Bidouane (1969), Flavio (null), Hasna Benhassi (1978), Jaouad Gharib (1972), Salah Hissou (1972), Mohammed Achik (1965), and Khalid Boulami (1969).

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