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Salah Hissou

1972 - Today

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Salaheddine Hissou (Arabic: صلاح حيسو) (born January 16, 1972) is a long-distance runner from Morocco, who won the gold medal over 5000 metres at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville. With 26:38.08 he also set a world record over 10,000 metres in Brussels in 1996 and won a bronze medal over 10,000 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Hissou was born in Ait Taghia, Kasba Tadla. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Salah Hissou is the 2,784th most popular athlete (down from 2,523rd in 2024), the 188th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 184th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Moroccan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Salah Hissou ranks 2,784 out of 6,025. Before her are Yaroslav Rybakov, Karsten Schmeling, Tatyana Kotova, Olimpiada Ivanova, Michal Martikán, and Bettine Jahn. After her are Aleksandr Potashov, Chris Harris, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Marina Stepanova, Kim Jin-ho, and Jörg Freimuth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Salah Hissou ranks 621. Before her are Naoko Takahashi, Zhao Lijian, Naohito Fujiki, Joachim Rønning, Kenji Wakamatsu, and Mykola Oleshchuk. After her are Álvaro Mesén, Shaan, Katharine Hayhoe, Claudio Miranda, Abdelkrim El Hadrioui, and Gülben Ergen.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Salah Hissou ranks 188 out of 264. Before her are Khalil Azmi (1964), Abdeslam Laghrissi (1962), Hicham Arazi (1973), Jaouad Gharib (1972), Saïd Chiba (1970), and Maryam Touzani (1980). After her are Abdelkrim El Hadrioui (1972), Salahdine Hmied (1961), Mohammed Achik (1965), Khalid Boulami (1969), Brahim Lahlafi (1968), and Tahar El Khalej (1968).

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Among ATHLETES In Morocco

Among athletes born in Morocco, Salah Hissou ranks 9. Before her are Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929), Hicham El Guerrouj (1974), Brahim Boutayeb (1967), Nezha Bidouane (1969), Hasna Benhassi (1978), and Jaouad Gharib (1972). After her are Mohammed Achik (1965), Khalid Boulami (1969), Brahim Lahlafi (1968), Rashid Ramzi (1980), Mohammed Mourhit (1970), and Robert Leroux (1967).

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