Brahim Jabbour
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
| World Indoor Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1995 Barcelona | 3000 m |
| World Cross Country Championships | ||
| Silver | 1998 Marrakech | Short race – Team |
Brahim Jabbour (born 2 October 1970) is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner. He specialized in the 5000 metres.
Jabbour finished sixth in the 5000 metres at the 1993 World Championships,[1] won the bronze medal at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie,[2] and the bronze medal in 3000 metres at the 1995 World Indoor Championships.[1]
At the Jeux de la Francophonie, Jabbour finished behind countryfellows Salah Hissou and Brahim Lahlafi; this was one of three all-Moroccan podiums in this event at the Jeux de la Francophonie (the other being 1989: Saïd Aouita, Khalid Skah, Mohamed Issangar and 2001: Mohamed Amine, Abderrahim Goumri, Mohamed Saïd El Wardi).[2] Jabbour benefited from the breadth in Moroccan running at the 1998 World Cross Country Championships, when he finished fifteenth in the short race and won a silver medal in the team competition.[3] He also competed at the 1999 World Championships, but failed to reach the 5000 metres final.[1]
His personal best times were 7:35.92 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Paris; 13:01.41 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Saint-Denis; and 1.01:51 hours in the half marathon, achieved in September 1997 in Lille.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Brahim Jabbour profile at IAAF
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Francophone Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ↑ "IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 4.0km CC Men - Marrakech Menara district Date: Saturday, March 21, 1998". Athchamps. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010.