Yassine Bensghir

Yassine Bensghir

Yassine Bensghir (left) in 2015
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Morocco
Mediterranean Games
Mersin 2013 1500 m

Yassine Bensghir (born 3 January 1983) is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Rabat.

His personal best time over the distance is 3:33.04 minutes, achieved in July 2007 in Monaco.

Doping

The IAAF announced in July 2016 that Bensghir had been banned from competition for 4 years after abnormaleties had been detected in his biological passport.[1] His results from 7 June 2014 onwards were annulled. The ban ends 11 April 2020.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Morocco
2001 African Junior Championships Réduit, Mauritius 7th 1500 m 3:51.62
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 1st 1500 m 3:40.72
2004 African Championships Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 9th (h) 800 m 1:50.00
3rd 1500 m 3:41.49
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 12th 1500 m 3:50.19
Jeux de la Francophonie Niamey, Niger 1st 800 m 1:47.11
1st 1500 m 3:46.58
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 8th 1500 m 3:47.20
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 22nd (sf) 800 m 1:48.04
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 19th (h) 800 m 1:46.88
2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 2nd 1500 m 3:36.42
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 6th (DQ) 1500 m 3:44.00 (DQ)
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 21st (sf)(DQ) 1500 m 3:44.95 (DQ)

References

  1. ↑ IAAF: Doping sanctions - News 175, 28 July 2016]


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