Abderrahim Goumri

Abderrahim Goumri (born May 21 1976) is a Moroccan long distance runner. He was born in Douar Ouled Talha.

Earlier in his career Goumri was based in Norway. In 1999 he won the Norwegian championships in both 1500 metres and 5000 metres. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.co.uk/nc/nor.htm Norwegian Championships] - GBR Athletics] [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m1500.htm Norwegian championships in 1500 metres] ] [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m5000.htm Norwegian championships in 5000 metres] ] Like his countryfellow Khalid Skah, who won the Norwegian 5000 m championships in 1997, 1998 and 2000, Goumri represented the athletics club IL i BUL.

He had a very successful marathon debut at the London Marathon 2007, finishing second in 2:07:44 just three seconds behind Martin Lel. At the same event in 2008, he ran a new Moroccan national record of 2:05:30.

Achievements

Personal bests

*1500 metres - 3:39.80 min (1998)
*3000 metres - 7:32.36 min (2001)
*5000 metres - 12:50.25 min (2005)
*10,000 metres - 27:02.62 min (2005)
*Half Marathon - 1:01:19 hrs (2001)
*Marathon - 2:05:30 hrs (2008; Moroccan record)

References

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