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Nouria Mérah-Benida

1970 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nouria Mérah-Benida has received more than 31,603 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Nouria Mérah-Benida is the 2,328th most popular athlete (down from 1,662nd in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 146th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Algerian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nouria Mérah-Benida ranks 2,328 out of 6,025. Before her are Ulrika Knape, Fița Lovin, Richard Stebbins, Ghada Shouaa, Paul Nihill, and Sven Fischer. After her are Karl-Hans Riehm, Duncan Gregg, Michael Woods, Cristieana Cojocaru, Lauryn Williams, and Daphne Hasenjäger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Nouria Mérah-Benida ranks 450. Before her are Neil Marshall, Robert Špehar, Tetsuya Harada, Ernesto Alterio, Manisha Koirala, and Yves Vanderhaeghe. After her are Rya Kihlstedt, Patricia Petibon, Garth Ennis, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Edward Gal, and Moses Kiptanui.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Nouria Mérah-Benida ranks 170 out of 213. Before her are Djamel Haimoudi (1970), Imane Khelif (1999), Faouzi Chaouchi (1984), Baghdad Bounedjah (1991), Ishak Belfodil (1992), and Mohamed Chaïb (1957). After her are Ramy Bensebaini (1995), Ali Benarbia (1968), Mokhtar Belmokhtar (1972), Mustapha Moussa (1962), Djamel Mesbah (1984), and Karim Maroc (1958).

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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), Noureddine Morceli (1970), and Hassiba Boulmerka (1968). After her are Brenno (null), Taoufik Makhloufi (1988), Djabir Saïd-Guerni (1977), Ali Saïdi-Sief (1978), Abderrahmane Hammad (1977), Amar Benikhlef (1982), and Djamel Sedjati (1999).

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