Khalid Khannouchi
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Khalid Khannouchi (Arabic: خالد خنّوشي) (born December 22, 1971 in Meknes, Morocco) is a Moroccan marathon athlete who now represents the United States of America.
Khalid fell out with the Moroccan athletics federation over training expenses and moved to Brooklyn, New York City in 1992 with three of his friends. He married American Sandra Inoa in 1996 who now coaches him and acts as his agent. They have set up home in Ossining, New York. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 2, 2000.
[edit] Achievements
- 1997
- Chicago Marathon, winner
- 1998
- Chicago Marathon, second place
- Peachtree Road Race 10k, winner (27:47)
- 1999
- Chicago Marathon, winner in world record time (2:05:42)
- Peachtree Road Race 10k, winner (27:45)
- 2000
- London Marathon, third place
- 2002
- London Marathon, winner in world record time (2:05:38)
- Chicago Marathon, winner
- 2006
- London Marathon, 4th place (2:07:04), coming back from a long period of injury.
Khannouchi was the first marathoner to break 2:06:00. However, he lost the world record to Paul Tergat on September 28, 2003.
