Yassine Rachik
Yassine Rachik (born 11 June 1993) is a Moroccan-born Italian long-distance runner who won the Italian Athletics Championships three times and also won an individual bronze medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
Rachik (right) at 2018 European Championships marathon | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||
Born | Ain Sebaa, Morocco | 11 June 1993|||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Country | Italy | |||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||
Club | Atletica Casone Noceto | |||||||||||||
Coached by | Alberto Colli | |||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) |
| |||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Rachik became an Italian citizen in 2015.[1] During his career he also won the gold medal with the Italy national athletics team in the 2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's Marathon Cup,[2] and also at U-23 level at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships held in Tallinn. In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[3] He finished in 12th place.[3]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | European Championships | Berlin | 3rd | Marathon | 2:12:09 | PB |
1st | Marathon Team | 6:40:48 | ||||
2018 | London Marathon | London | 9th | Marathon | 2:08:05 | PB |
National titles
Personal bests
- Marathon: 2:05:05, London Marathon, 28 April 2019[5]
References
- "Yassine Rachik Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
In Italia è arrivato nel 2004, vive a Castelli Calepio in provincia di Bergamo con i genitori e i fratelli... Cittadino italiano dal 15 giugno 2015
- "European Athletics Championships Marathon Cup - Team results". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- "Marathon Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Dalmine: Rachik e Maraoui campioni della 10km" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "Rachik, che sogno: "È soltanto l'inizio"" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
External links
- Yassine Rachik at World Athletics
- Yassine Rachik at FIDAL web site (in Italian)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.