Yahya Berrabah
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| Native name | يحيى بالرابح | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Yahya Berrabah | |||||||||||||||||||||
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October 13, 1981 Oujda, Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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. At the IAAF Grand Prix in Zagreb on 31 August 2008 he tested positive for cannabis and was subsequently handed a public reprimande.[2] 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 for EPO in November 2011 and was initially suspended for two years.[3] The ban was later extended to 4 years, ending 5 January 2016.[4]
Major competition record
References
- ↑ Benchrif, Mohammed (24 May 2009). Lishchynska and Cheshari set world season leads but Jelimo is way below par in Rabat. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.
- ↑ "IAAF News 2009, Issue 99-108" (PDF). iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ↑ "IAAF News Issue 135, 28 August 2012" (PDF). iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ "Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 11.1.13" (PDF). iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
External links
- Yahya Berrabah profile at IAAF