El Amin Chentouf

El Amin Chentouf

Chentouf at the 2014 London Marathon
Personal information
Birth name	El Amin Chentouf
Born	(1981-06-08) 8 June 1981
Years active	2008-present
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Disability	Visual impairment
Club	Attahadi: Rabat
Coached by	Moulahhine Mohamed
Medal record Paralympic athletics Competitor for  Morocco Paralympic Games Gold 2012 London 5000m - T12 World Championships Gold 2013 Lyon Marathon T12 Gold 2013 Lyon 1,500m T12 Gold 2013 Lyon 5,000m T12

El Amin Chentouf (born 8 June 1981)^[1] is a Moroccan para-athlete running in T12 distance races. He participated with the Moroccan team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

Career history

Chentouf came to wider prominence when he entered the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. He entered into three events the 800m and 5,000m at T12 classifications and the 1,500m T13 race. His reached the podium in the 5,000m, taking gold with a world record breaking time of 13:53.76.

In 2013 he entered the IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup in London, in his first marathon race. He won the race in a time of 2:24:00, setting another world record in the T12 class.^[2]

At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Chentouf won gold medals in all three of his events, the 1,500m, 5000m and the marathon.

Stormed home in 2:25:07, just one minute and seven seconds slower than his world record time of 2:24:00 - set in London at the inaugural IPC Marathon World Cup in 2013

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to El Amin Chentouf.

• Video of the final 5000 meters men's T12 World Championships 2013 wheelchair athletics, official channel of the International Paralympic Committee.
• Video of the final 10,000 meters men's T12 World Para-Athletics 2013 Championships, official channel of the International Paralympic Committee.

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