Rababe Arafi
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Born | Khouribga | 12 January 1991||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rababe Arafi (Arabic: رباب عرافي, born 12 January 1991) is a middle-distance runner from Morocco, who specialises in the 1500 metres. Born in Khouribga,[1] she is a three-time medallist at the African Championships in Athletics, having been continental champion in 2012 with a championship record run of 4:05.80 minutes.[2] She holds the Moroccan national record in the mile run[3] and in the 1500m (3:58.84 minutes - 16 June 2019 - Rabat - Diamond League)[4][5]
Arafi was part of Morocco's team for the 2016 Summer Olympics and was a 1500 m finalist.[1] She represented Morocco at the World Championships in Athletics in 2013, 2015 and 2017, including eighth in the 1500 m at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[6] Arafi was initially bronze medallist at 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 1500 m, but she was later disqualified because she made contact with Heather Kampf resulting in Kampf's fall.[7] She also competed at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2007, but failed to finish the race. She has won gold medals in the 1500 m at the Arab Athletics Championships (2013), Islamic Solidarity Games (2013 and 2017) and the Jeux de la Francophonie (2013 and 2017).
International competitions
1Disqualified in the final
See also
References
- ^ a b Rababe Arafi. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-30). Montsho and Makwala take 400m titles in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2018-02-16.
- ^ "Mile Run Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ Moroccan national records progression - run123
- ^ Rababe Arafi. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved on 2018-02-16.
- ^ https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/women/1500-metres/final/result
- ^ http://www.flotrack.org/video/738403-Nicole-Sifuentes-shares-how-she-was-promoted-to-bronze-medal-after-originally-finishing-4th#.UxwsuvldWSo
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- Living people
- 1991 births
- People from Khouribga
- Moroccan female middle-distance runners
- Moroccan female cross country runners
- Olympic athletes of Morocco
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Morocco
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games silver medalists for Morocco
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics