Revision of Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
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subtitle | French track and field athlete | French-Algerian track and field athlete |
description | — | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is a retired French professional middle-distance runner of Algerian descent who mainly competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is the only man to win three Olympic steeplechase medals, claiming silver in 2008 and 2012 and bronze in 2016. He also won two bronze medals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2011 and 2013. Mekhissi-Benabbad earned titles at five consecutive editions of the European Athletics Championships between 2010 and 2018. |
entity_type | — | person |
Added handles: instagram: mahiedinemekhissi