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Ali Saïdi-Sief

1978 - Today

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Ali Saidi-Sief (Arabic: علي سعيدي سياف, born March 15, 1978) is an Algerian Olympic runner. His specialty is the 1,500 m race, but he took a silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics for the 5,000 m, losing the gold to Ethiopian athlete Million Wolde. The International Association of Athletics Federations banned him from competing for two years after he tested positive for nandrolone, a banned performance-enhancing steroid, at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Saïdi-Sief has received more than 32,052 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Saïdi-Sief is the 3,126th most popular athlete (down from 2,153rd in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 163rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Algerian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ali Saïdi-Sief ranks 3,126 out of 6,025Before him are Pauline Davis-Thompson, Roberto Moya, Brian Lewis, Antonio Pettigrew, Bakhtiyar Artayev, and Tomasz Sikora. After him are Maureen George, Mujinga Kambundji, Khaled Al-Eid, Ann Kristin Flatland, Nicoleta Grasu, and Peder Fredricson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Ali Saïdi-Sief ranks 625Before him are Shawn Crawford, Tim McIlrath, Lázaro Ramos, Kathleen Rubins, Rakhi Sawant, and Tzipi Hotovely. After him are Jeff Nichols, Vibeke Stene, Geoff Keighley, Mattias Andersson, Aarti Mann, and Egoi Martínez.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Ali Saïdi-Sief ranks 196 out of 213Before him are Youcef Belaïli (1992), Mohamed Benouza (1972), Abdelhamid Sadmi (1961), Djabir Saïd-Guerni (1977), Mustapha Ghorbal (1985), and Fawzi Benkhalidi (1963). After him are Lounès Gaouaoui (1977), Abderrahmane Hammad (1977), Amar Benikhlef (1982), Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche (1985), Mohamed Amoura (2000), and Mohamed Bahari (1975).

Among ATHLETES In Algeria

Among athletes born in Algeria, Ali Saïdi-Sief ranks 8Before him are Boughera El Ouafi (1898), Noureddine Morceli (1970), Hassiba Boulmerka (1968), Nouria Mérah-Benida (1970), Taoufik Makhloufi (1988), and Djabir Saïd-Guerni (1977). After him are Abderrahmane Hammad (1977), Amar Benikhlef (1982), Nassima Saifi (1988), Djamel Sedjati (1999), Mohammed Houmri (1993), and Loubna Benhadja (2001).