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Saïd Aouita

1959 - Today

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Saïd Aouita (Arabic: سعيد عويطة; born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan track and field athlete. He is the only athlete in history to have won a medal in each of the 800 meters and 5000 meters at the Olympic games. He won the 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, as well as the 3000 meters at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saïd Aouita has received more than 193,272 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Saïd Aouita is the 98th most popular athlete (up from 118th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Morocco (down from 51st in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Saïd Aouita ranks 98 out of 3,059Before him are Fritz Hofmann, Stefka Kostadinova, Gaston Reiff, Vladimír Dzurilla, Aleksander Klumberg, and Pyotr Bolotnikov. After him are Keto Losaberidze, John Paine, Leonid Bartenyev, Albin Stenroos, Oscar Swahn, and Robert Hichens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Saïd Aouita ranks 91Before him are Alan Wilder, Laura Chinchilla, Nimr al-Nimr, Filipe Nyusi, Luis Fernández, and Robert Smith. After him are Rebecca De Mornay, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Suzanne Vega, Jason Alexander, Saul Perlmutter, and Xiomara Castro.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Saïd Aouita ranks 53 out of 198Before him are Abbas El Fassi (1940), Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman (1297), Yusuf II, Almohad caliph (1197), Amir Peretz (1952), Ahmed Aboutaleb (1961), and Saadeddine Othmani (1956). After him are Baba Sali (1889), Macha Méril (1940), Slimane of Morocco (1766), Abdelilah Benkirane (1954), Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq (1212), and Abderrahmane Youssoufi (1924).

Among ATHLETES In Morocco

Among athletes born in Morocco, Saïd Aouita ranks 1After him are Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929), Hicham El Guerrouj (1974), 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).