- World Military Cross Country Championships
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The World Military Cross Country Championships is an international biennial cross country running competition organised by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The competition is typically held in late February or early March.[1]
The championships has three races: the men's long race, the men's short race, and the women's race. The competition attracts elite level long-distance runners who are members of their national military, with past winners including two-time world champion Saif Saaeed Shaheen, the 2008 Olympic champion Nancy Jebet Langat and New York Marathon winner Jeļena Prokopčuka.[2]
Past winners
Men
Edition Year Men's long race Men's short race Individual Team Individual Team 49th 2002 N. Moutil (MAR)
Morocco
Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR)
Morocco
50th 2003 Dieudonné Disi (RWA)
Italy
Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria (BHR)
Morocco
51st 2004 Moustafa Ahmed Shebto (QAT)
Qatar
Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)
Qatar
52nd 2006 Gamal Belal Salem (QAT)
Qatar
Tareq Mubarak Taher (QAT)
Qatar
53rd 2008 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah (QAT)
Qatar
Thamer Kamal Ali (QAT)
Qatar
54th 2010 Josphat Kiprono Menjo (KEN)
Kenya
Andrea Lalli (ITA)
Algeria
Women
Edition Year Individual Team 49th 2002 Zhor El Kamch (MAR)
Morocco
50th 2003 Jeļena Prokopčuka (LAT)
Germany
51st 2004 Zhor El Kamch (MAR)
Morocco
52nd 2006 Zhor El Kamch (MAR)
France
53rd 2008 Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER)
Morocco
54th 2010 Nancy Jebet Langat (KEN)
Kenya
References
- ^ World Military Cross Country Championship. CISM. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.
- ^ Previous CISM Results. CISM. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.
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