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Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad

マイディーヌ・メキシベナバ　/　まいでぃーぬ・めきしべなば

Middle-distance runner from France

March 15, 1985 (age 41)　・　Reims, Marne, France

Marne
middle-distance runner
athletics competitor

My Take

What grabs me about Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is the sheer durability of his career in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Three Olympic medals across 2008, 2012 and 2016 is a feat no other man has matched in that event, and stringing together silver, silver and bronze over eight years takes a kind of stubborn consistency I really respect. Add the two World Championship bronzes in 2011 and 2013 and you get a runner who showed up when it counted, again and again. The French steeplechaser of Algerian descent clearly had the fire to stay near the top long after most rivals had faded.

Overview

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (born 15 March 1985) is a retired French professional middle-distance runner of Algerian descent who mainly competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is the only man to win three Olympic steeplechase medals, claiming silver in 2008 and 2012 and bronze in 2016. He also won two bronze medals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2011 and 2013.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
Name (Japanese): マイディーヌ・メキシベナバ
Reading: まいでぃーぬ・めきしべなば
Born: March 15, 1985 (age 41)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Ox
Origin: Reims, Marne, France
Blood type: Private
Height: 190 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: middle-distance runner / athletics competitor

2. Background

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4. Personality

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