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Moroccan hurdler (born 1969)
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Nezha Bidouane
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Morocco
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 400 m hurdles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Athens 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2001 Edmonton 400 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 1999 Seville 400 m hurdles
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1993 Narbonne 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari 400 m hurdles

Nezha Bidouane (Arabic: نزهة بدوان; born on 18 September 1969 in Rabat) is a retired Moroccan track and field hurdler who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. A two-time World champion, she won the 400 m hurdles gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens and the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. In 1999, she won the silver medal at the World Championships in an African record time of 52.90 seconds. In 2000, she won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games.

Bidouane oversees the annual Women's Race to Victory 8K road race in Rabat.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Morocco
1986 Arab Junior Championships Cairo, Egypt 1st 100 m hurdles 15.20
2nd 400 m hurdles 65.50
1987 Arab Championships Algiers, Algeria 3rd 100 m hurdles 14.72
Mediterranean Games Latakia, Syria 5th 100 m hurdles 14.76
1988 African Championships Annaba, Algeria 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:50.25
1989 Jeux de la Francophonie Casablanca, Morocco 6th 400 m hurdles 59.69
Arab Championships Cairo, Egypt 2nd 100 m hurdles 14.0
3rd 400 m hurdles 60.3
1990 Maghreb Championships Algiers, Algeria 1st 100 m hurdles 13.6
1st 400 m hurdles 56.3
African Championships Cairo, Egypt 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.70
1st 400 m hurdles 57.17
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 14th (h) 400 m 55.69
23rd (h) 60 m hurdles 8.74
Mediterranean Games Athens, Greece 4th 100 m hurdles 13.61
1st 400 m hurdles 55.13
4th 4 × 100 m relay 46.05
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:39.46
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 16th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.62
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 11th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.08
World Cup Havana, Cuba 6th 400 m hurdles 58.30
1993 Mediterranean Games Narbonne, France 1st 400 m hurdles 56.09
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany – 400 m hurdles DNF
1994 Jeux de la Francophonie Paris, France 2nd 400 m hurdles 55.19
World Cup London, United Kingdom 5th 400 m hurdles 57.35
– 4 × 400 m relay DQ
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden – 400 m hurdles DQ
Arab Championships Cairo, Egypt 1st 100 m hurdles 13.44
1st 400 m hurdles 56.96
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 16th (h) 400 m 53.54
Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 1st 400 m hurdles 55.01
World Championships Athens, Greece 1st 400 m hurdles 52.97
1998 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1st 400 m hurdles 54.24
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 1st 400 m hurdles 52.96
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 2nd 400 m hurdles 52.90
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 3rd 400 m hurdles 53.57
2001 Jeux de la Francophonie Ottawa, Canada 1st 400 m hurdles 54.91
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st 400 m hurdles 53.34
Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 5th 400 m hurdles 56.10
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 18th (h) 400 m hurdles 55.69
Pan Arab Games Algiers, Algeria 1st 400 m hurdles 55.98
1st 4 × 100 m relay 46.32
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:38.24

Representing Africa

References

  1. Benchrif, Mohammed (25 April 2011). Bidouane’s Women’s Run goes from strength to strength. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-11.

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Olympic Games
Preceded byAdil Belgaïd Flag bearer for  Morocco
2004 Athens 		Succeeded byAbdelkader Kada
Sporting positions
Preceded byDeon Hemmings
Irina Privalova 		Women's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance
1997
2001 		Succeeded byKim Batten
Yuliya Pechonkina
World champions in women's 400 m hurdles
IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in women's 400 metres hurdles
African Champions in women's 400 metres hurdles
Mediterranean Games champions in women's 400 metres hurdles


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