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Hicham El Guerrouj

1974 - Today

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Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الݣروج; Berber languages: ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ, romanized: Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder for the 1500 metres and mile events, and the former world record holder in the 2000 metres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hicham El Guerrouj has received more than 1,649,874 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Hicham El Guerrouj is the 250th most popular athlete (up from 328th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Morocco (down from 71st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Moroccan Athlete.

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.11

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  • 2.71

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hicham El Guerrouj ranks 250 out of 3,059Before him are Maxie Long, Alexander Ragulin, Gert Fredriksson, Benjamin Kogo, Lis Hartel, and Ludvík Daněk. After him are Dimitrios Golemis, Veikko Karvonen, Julius Skutnabb, Pål Tyldum, Lyudmila Bragina, and Karl Staaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Hicham El Guerrouj ranks 73Before him are Mutassim Gaddafi, Jimmy Fallon, Misha Collins, Jenna Fischer, Natasha Henstridge, and Edgar Wright. After him are Jasmila Žbanić, Thure Lindhardt, Kim Dotcom, Biz Stone, Angela Gossow, and Claudio López.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Hicham El Guerrouj ranks 82 out of 198Before him are Mohammed Karim Lamrani (1919), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Touria Chaoui (1936), Ezzaki Badou (1959), Mustapha Hadji (1971), and Said Belqola (1956). After him are Dominique Mamberti (1952), Alain Souchon (1944), RedOne (1972), Alber Elbaz (1961), Abdelmajid Dolmy (1953), and Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (1970).

Among ATHLETES In Morocco

Among athletes born in Morocco, Hicham El Guerrouj ranks 3Before him are Saïd Aouita (1959) and Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929). After him are Nawal El Moutawakel (1962), Brahim Boutayeb (1967), Nezha Bidouane (1969), Jaouad Gharib (1972), Salah Hissou (1972), Khalid Boulami (1969), Mohammed Mourhit (1970), Hasna Benhassi (1978), and Rashid Ramzi (1980).