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Rashid Ramzi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bahrain
- Place of birth
- Safi
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Berber
- Participant in
- 2006 Asian Games
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Bahrain
- Mass
- 65
- Image
- Osaka07 D6A Rashid Ramzi.jpg
- Height
- 172
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- Rashid Ramzi
- date of birth
- 1980-07-17
- sports discipline competed in
- middle-distance running
- name in native language
- رشيد رمزي
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Encyclopedic overview
Rashid Ramzi (Arabic: رشيد رمزي) (born July 17, 1980) is a Moroccan-Bahraini track and field athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Ramzi was investigated by the IAAF after the 2008 Summer Olympics and was stripped of his gold medal for doping.
Ramzi was born in Safi, Morocco. After transferring to Bahrain, he ascended to the top of the Asian scene, winning gold medals at the Asian Athletics Championships and the 2002 Asian Games. He set an Asian indoor record over 800 metres to take the silver at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships—his first global medal—and took part in the 2004 Athens Olympics. He reached the peak of his discipline the following year by becoming both the 800 m and 1500 m champion at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics – the first man to ever do such a double at the competition.
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