Amine Laâlou

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Amine Laâlou
Laâlou at the 2009 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1982-05-13) May 13, 1982 (age 41)
Salé, Morocco
Sport
Country Morocco
SportTrack
Event(s)800 metres, 1500 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400 metres: 47.57[1]
800 metres: 1:43.25[1]
1500 metres: 3:29.53[1]
Medal record
Men's
athletics
Representing  Morocco
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Nairobi 1500 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara 800 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería 800 m
Representing Africa
IAAF Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Split 1500 m

Amine Laâlou (born 13 May 1982) is a Moroccan

2004 Pan Arab Games and 2005 Mediterranean Games. He reached his first global final at the 2007 World Championships, taking sixth, and was a semi-finalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics
.

He began competing in the 1500 metres and was a double finalist at the 2009 World Championships. He also won gold medals at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie that year. In 2010 he won silver at the 2010 African Championships and was the 1500 m champion at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup. His personal best over the 800 m is 1:43.25, which is the Moroccan record for the event.

Laâlou has received two doping bans during his career.

Career

Born in

World Youth Championships in 1999 and reaching the semi-finals at the 2000 World Junior Championships. He won the silver medal at the 2001 African Junior Championships and made the 800 m semi-finals of the senior event at the 2002 African Championships. He made his senior debut on the global stage at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, although he did not progress beyond the heats stage.[1]

He came close to winning a medal at the

4×400 metres relay team to the silver medal behind Saudi Arabia.[4]

The buildup to his 2005 outdoor season began with a gold medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games and he followed this with a regional bronze behind the Spanish contingent at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.[5] He competed at the 2005 World Championships and was fifth in his semi-final.[1] There were no major competitions for the Moroccan in 2006 but his year was highlighted by a win at the Golden Gala where he improved his 800 m best to 1:43.25, which made him the second fastest athlete of the season after Mbulaeni Mulaudzi.[6] He also finished sixth at the 2006 World Athletics Final. He reached his first global final the following season, finishing sixth in the 800 m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. He was just short of the medals at the 2007 World Athletics Final with a fourth-place finish.[1]

He performed poorly at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and failed to make it out of the 800 m heats.[7] Competing in the 2008 IAAF Golden League circuit, he continued his rich vein of form at the Golden Gala with a win in 1:44.27. Taking part in his second Olympics, he was a semi-finalist in the 800 m at the 2008 Beijing Games. He began to add the 1500 metres to his oeuvre in the 2009 season and he reached both the 800 m and 1500 m finals at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He was tenth in the 1500 m but managed fifth place at his preferred 800 m event. He also became the regional 800 m champion with a win at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and an 800/1500 m double at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie.[5]

In 2010 he improved his 1500 m best to 3:29.53 and his best in the mile run to 3:50.22. That year he was fifth over 1500 m at the 2010 World Indoor Championships, took the silver medal outdoors at the 2010 African Championships, and was selected for the Africa team at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, where he won the 1500 m gold medal. He took part in the Fifth Avenue Mile for the first time that September and beat Bernard Lagat to win the road race in a time of 3:52.83.[8]

Doping ban

It was reported on August 3, 2012 that Laalou has been banned from the 2012 Olympics after testing positive for

International Association of Athletics Federations.[10] In April 2016 he tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition test and was handed an 8-year ban set to end on 10 May 2024.[11]

International competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Morocco
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 16th (sf) 800m 3:00.54
2004 World Indoor Championships
Budapest, Hungary
 4th 800 m 1:46.57
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 7th 800 m 1:46.74
2005 Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 3rd 800 m 1:47.58
2006 World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 7th 800 m 1:47.91
2009 Jeux de la Francophonie
Beirut, Lebanon
 1st 800 m 1:46.68
1st 1500 m 3:51.59
Mediterranean Games
Pescara, Italy
 1st 800 m 1:46.76
2010 African Championships
Nairobi, Kenya
 2nd 1500 m 3:36.38
Continental Cup Split, Croatia 1st 1500 m 3:35.49

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Amine Laâlou at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Amine Laalou. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  3. IAAF
    . Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  4. ^ 10e Jeux PANARABES[permanent dead link]. Fédération Tunisienne d'Athlétisme. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  5. ^ a b Amine Laalou. Tilastopaja. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  6. ^ 2006 Men's 800 metres. IAAF. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  7. IAAF
    . Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  8. NYRR
    (2010-09-27). Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  9. Runners World
    (2012-08-03). Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  10. ^ Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 21.05.14. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  11. IAAF
    . 1 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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