Sofiane Labidi
Appearance
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Sofiane Labidi (Arabic: سفيان العبيدي; born 29 September 1977 in Béja) is a Tunisian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He achieved his personal best time of 45.19 seconds in Seville in June 2004. He represented his country at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
He missed the 1997 season due to injury, then missed 1998 due to a hepatitis b infection.
He was the coach of the Tunisian national sprint and hurdles team from 2011 to 2013.
International competitions
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 10th (semis) | 400 m | 47.24 NJR |
Arab Junior Championships | Latakia, Syria | 1st | 200 m | 21:68 NJR | |
1st | 400 m | 46:77 NJR / CR | |||
2nd | 4×400 m relay | 3:13.1 | |||
1999 | Pan Arab Games | Irbid, Jordan | 2nd | 400 metres | 45.9 |
2000 | African Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 3rd | 400 m | 45.81 |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 7th (q-finals) | 400 metres | 46.01 | |
2001 | World Military Championships | Beirut, Lebanon | 1st | 400 metres | 45:40 WMR |
Jeux de la Francophonie | Ottawa, Canada | 3rd | 400 metres | 45.45 | |
Mediterranean Games | Radès, Tunisia | 2nd | 400 m | 46.33 | |
2002 | African Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 2nd | 400 m | 45.87 |
2003 | All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 3rd | 400 m | 45.42 |
2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 400 m | 46.48 |
Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 3rd (heats) | 400 metres | 46.04 | |
2005 | Mediterranean Games | Almería, Spain | 1st | 400 m | 45.60 |
2007 | Pan Arab Games | Cairo, Egypt | 3rd | 4×400 m relay | 3:06.83 |
2008 | African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | — | 400 metres | DNF (semis) |
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Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Béja
- Tunisian male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Tunisia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- African Games bronze medalists for Tunisia
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Tunisia
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Tunisia
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- 20th-century Tunisian people
- 21st-century Tunisian people
- Tunisian athletics biography stubs