Othmane El Goumri

Othmane El Goumri (Arabic: عثمان الكومري; born 28 May 1992) is a Moroccan long-distance runner.[1] He represented his country at two outdoor and one indoor World Championships. In 2016 he was banned from competition for two years due to irregularities in his biological passport.[2] He competed in the men's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]He won the 2023 Sydney marathon and dedicated his win to victims of the recent Marrakesh–Safi earthquake after almost withdrawing from the race a week before due to the devastating impact of the natural disaster, including on loved ones.

Othmane El Goumri
Personal information
NationalityMoroccan
Born (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)5000m

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Morocco
2011 African Junior Championships Gaborone, Botswana – 5000 m DNF
2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 2nd 5000 m 13:38.24
World Championships Moscow, Russia 16th (h) 5000 m 13:31.08
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 1st 5000 m 13:48.76
Islamic Solidarity Games Palembang, Indonesia 3rd 5000 m 14:07.59
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 14th (h) 3000 m 7:48.83
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 11th 5000 m 14:12.40
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 29th (h) 5000 m 13:58.06
2019 Rabat Marathon Rabat, Morocco 2nd Marathon 2:08:20
Dublin Marathon Dublin, Ireland 1st[4] Marathon 2:08:06
2021 Arab Championships Radès, Tunisia 2nd Half marathon 1:08:09
Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan 9th Marathon 2:11:58
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 12th Marathon 2:08:14

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References
  1. "Othmane El Goumri". IAAF. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. Rowbottom, Mike (14 December 2016). "Six Moroccan athletes - plus ex-Team GB man Abeyie - in IAAF's latest doping sanction list". Inside the Games. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. "Athletics - EL GOUMRI Othmane". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. "Othmane El Goumri sets new record to win Dublin Marathon". RTÉ News. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2021.


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