Yahya Berrabah

Yahya Berrabah

Personal information
Native name	يحيى بالرابح
Birth name	Yahya Berrabah
Born	(1981-10-13) October 13, 1981 Oujda, Morocco
Residence	Morocco
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Morocco Jeux de la Francophonie Gold 2009 Beirut Long jump Silver 2005 Niamey Triple jump African Championships Gold 2008 Addis Ababa Long jump

Yahya Berrabah (Arabic: يحيى بالرابح‎, born 13 October 1981 in Oujda) is a Moroccan long jumper. He is a five-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (2003–2011) and has twice represented his country at the Olympic Games. He was the 2008 African Champion in the long jump. His personal best of 8.40 metres is the Moroccan national record.

He finished seventh at the 2002 African Championships. At the 2006 African Championships he finished eighth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump. He won the gold medal at the 2008 African Championships. He competed at the World Championships 2003, 2005 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 without reaching the final.

He broke the Moroccan national record in Rabat on 23 May 2009: his jump of 8.38 metres at the Meeting Mohammed VI d' Athlétisme beat Younés Moudrik's record which had stood for almost nine years.^[1] He improved this to 8.40 m at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie in Beirut – a mark which won him the gold medal and a games record. He performed less well in 2010, failing to pass the eight-metre mark, but cleared 8.37 m in July 2011 in Barcelona. He went on to finish fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

Berrabah failed an out-of-competition drug test in January 2012 and was suspended for two years.^[2]

Major competition record

Representing  Morocco
2002	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	30th (q)	Long jump	6.91 m
2002	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	7th	Long jump	7.85 m (w)
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	28th (q)	Long jump	7.62 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	23rd (q)	Long jump	7.53 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	30th (q)	Long jump	7.62 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	20th (q)	Long jump	7.33 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Niamey, Niger	2nd	Triple jump	16.44 m
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	8th	Long jump	7.64 m (w)
			7th	Triple jump	15.85 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	24th (q)	Long jump	7.72 m
	Pan Arab Games	Cairo, Egypt	6th	Long jump	7.62 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	Long jump	8.04 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	17th (q)	Long jump	7.88 m
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	9th	Long jump	7.31 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	10th	Long jump	7.83 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	1st	Long jump	8.40 m (GR)
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	23rd (q)	Long jump	7.52 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	4th	Long jump	8.23 m

References

External links

• Yahya Berrabah profile at IAAF