Bouchra Ghezielle

Medal record
Women's athletics
World Championships
Bronze	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

^ ^a ^b ^c IAAF profile for Bouchra Ghezielle
^ African Championships - GBR Athletics
^ "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF.org. 13 November 2008. http://www.iaaf.org/antidoping/news/newsid=48308.html. Retrieved 22 November 2008.

Persondata
Name	Ghezielle, Bouchra
Alternative names
Short description	French athlete
Date of birth	19 May 1979
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