Bouchra Ghezielle

Bouchra Ghezielle
Medal record
Women's athletics
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Helsinki 1500 m

Bouchra Ghézielle, née Ben Thami (Arabic: بُشرا غزال; born 19 May 1979), is a Moroccan-French track and field athlete, now competing for France. She competes mainly on the 1500 m distance but also on 800 m and 3000 m distances.

Born in Khemisset,[1] she competed at the 2004 Olympic Games for Morocco. She won the bronze medals at the 1998 African Championships,[2] the 1998 World Junior Championships and the 2005 World Championships, and finished fourth at the 2005 World Athletics Final.[1]

In 2008, she was found guilty of rh-EPO doping. The sample was delivered on 9 February 2008 in an out-of-competition test in Franconville. She received a suspension from May 2008 to May 2012.[3]

Personal bests

This is a list of her personal best times:[1]

  • 800 metres - 2:00.29 min (2005)
  • 1500 metres - 4:01.28 min (2005)
  • 3000 metres - 8:35.41 min (2005)
  • 5000 metres - 15:12.17 min (2006)

References

  1. ^ a b c Bouchra Ghezielle at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ African Championships - GBR Athletics
  3. ^ "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF.org. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
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