- Driss Maazouzi
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Driss Maazouzi Personal information Born October 15, 1969 Medal recordMen’s Athletics World Championships Competitor for France Bronze 2001 Edmonton 1500 m Mediterranean Games Competitor for Morocco Gold 1997 Bari 1500 m World Indoor Championships Competitor for France Gold 2003 Birmingham 1500 m Driss Maazouzi (Arabic: ادريس معزوزي) (born October 15, 1969 in Meknès) is a French 1500 metres runner who won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. He won the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Maazouzi represented Morocco up to and during the 1996 Summer Olympics, but as a naturalised citizen of France he switched nationality shortly afterwards.
References
- IAAF profile for Driss Maazouzi
World Indoor Champions in Men's 1500 m 1985: Michael Hillardt (AUS) • 1987: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) • 1989: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) • 1991: Noureddine Morceli (ALG) • 1993: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL) • 1995 – 1997: Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) • 1999: Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) • 2001: Rui Silva (POR) • 2003: Driss Maazouzi (FRA) • 2004: Paul Korir (KEN) • 2006: Ivan Heshko (UKR) • 2008: Deresse Mekonnen (ETH) • 2010: Deresse Mekonnen (ETH)
Mediterranean Champions in Men's 1500 m 1949: Cahit Önel (TUR) · 1951: Patrick El Mabrouk (FRA) · 1955: Ekrem Koçak (TUR) · 1959: Tomás Barris (ESP) · 1963: Jean Wadoux (FRA) · 1967: Renzo Finelli (ITA) · 1971: Mansour Guettaya (TUN) · 1975: Boško Božinović (YUG) · 1979: José Marajo (FRA) · 1983 – 1987: Saïd Aouita (MAR) · 1991: Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA) · 1993: Noureddine Morceli (ALG) · 1997: Driss Maazouzi (MAR) · 2001: Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR) · 2005: Arturo Casado (ESP) · 2009: Antar Zerguelaïne (ALG)Categories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- Moroccan athletes
- French middle distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of France
- French people of Moroccan descent
- People from Meknes
- French athletics biography stubs
- Moroccan athletics biography stubs
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