nouria, mérah, benida, nouria, merah, benida, arabic, نورية, مراح, بنيدة, born, october, 1970, algiers, former, algerian, middle, distance, runner, personal, informationborn19, october, 1970, 1970, algiersmedal, record, women, athleticsrepresenting, algeriaoly. Nouria Merah Benida Arabic نورية مراح بنيدة born 19 October 1970 in Algiers is a former Algerian middle distance runner Nouria Merah BenidaPersonal informationBorn19 October 1970 1970 10 19 age 53 AlgiersMedal record Women s AthleticsRepresenting AlgeriaOlympic Games2000 Sydney 1500 mMediterranean Games1997 Bari 1500 mAt the 1999 All Africa Games in Johannesburg Merah Benida won silver medals in both 800 metres and 1 500 metres At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won an unexpected gold medal ahead of Romanians Violeta Szekely silver and Gabriela Szabo bronze 1 The same year she won an 800 m silver medal and a 1 500 m gold medal at the African Championships She retired after the 2001 season Competition record editYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting nbsp Algeria1996 Olympic Games Atlanta Georgia 23rd h 800 m 2 02 441997 Mediterranean Games Bari Italy 1st 1500 m 4 11 27World Championships Athens Greece 11th sf 800 m 2 01 0829th h 1500 m 4 12 211999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi Japan 10th sf 800 m 2 03 10World Championships Seville Spain 19th h 1500 m 4 08 90All Africa Games Johannesburg South Africa 2nd 800 m 2 00 832nd 1500 m 4 18 692000 African Championships Algiers Algeria 2nd 800 m 1 59 731st 1500 m 4 16 14Olympic Games Sydney Australia 1st 1500 m 4 05 102001 World Championships Edmonton Canada 24th h 1500 m 4 15 062006 African Championships Bambous Mauritius 3rd 800 m 2 02 181st 1500 m 4 23 26References edit Holmes fades in 1500m BBC News September 30 2000 Retrieved 2007 07 18 nbsp This biographical article relating to Algerian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about an Algerian Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nouria Merah Benida amp oldid 1193371345, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,