Khalid Khannouchi
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Khalid Khannouchi (
).Khalid fell out with the Moroccan athletics federation over training expenses and moved to
naturalized citizen of the United States
on May 2, 2000.
As of 2022[update], Khalid holds the
American record for the marathon,[1] with a time of 2:05:38 at the London Marathon
in 2002.
Khannouchi officially retired on March 27, 2012 due to recurring foot injuries since 2003. Khannouchi stated "It was really my feet that betrayed me. Every time I go and try to push hard, I get the pain and soreness again. I can't train hard and if you can't train at a certain level where you can be competitive it's not worth it to keep wasting time."[2]
Achievements
- 1993
- World Student Games, winner of the men's 5000 metres in Buffalo.
- 1997
- Cobán Half Marathon (Guatemala), winner (1:04:30).
- Chicago Marathon, winner (2:07:10), at that time the fastest debut marathon in history and the fourth fastest marathon of all time.
- 1998
- Chicago Marathon, second place (2:07:19)
- Peachtree Road Race 10k, winner (27:47)
- Falmouth Road Race 7.1 miles, winner (31:48)
- New Haven 20K, winner in a world road record (57:37)
- 1999
- Chicago Marathon, winner in world recordtime (2:05:42)
- Peachtree Road Race 10k, winner (27:45)
- Chicago Marathon, winner in
- 2000
- London Marathon, third place (2:08:36)
- Chicago Marathon, winner in a new American record (2:07:01)
- 2002
- London Marathon, winner in world record time (2:05:38)
- Chicago Marathon, winner (2:05:56), becoming the first man in history to break 2:06 twice in one year
- Ranked as the number #1 marathoner in the world by Track & Field News and their American Athlete of the Year.
- 2004
- Chicago Marathon, fifth place (2:08:44)
- 2006
- London Marathon, 4th place (2:07:04), coming back from a long period of injury.
- 2007
- London Marathon, did not finish.
- United States Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City, 4th place (2:12:34)[1]
Khannouchi was the first marathoner to break 2:06:00. However, he lost the world record to Paul Tergat on September 28, 2003.
Personal bests
| Event | Best | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5000 metres | 13:44.39 | 1 January 1992 | |
10 kilometres run
|
27:45 | Atlanta, GA United States | 4 July 1999 |
15 kilometres run
|
42:57 | Utica, NY United States | 12 July 1998 |
20 kilometres run
|
57:37 | New Haven, CT United States | 7 September 1998 |
| Half marathon | 1:00:27 | Philadelphia, PA United States | 28 September 1997 |
| 25 kilometres run | 1:14:13 | Chicago, IL United States | 10 October 2004 |
| 30 kilometres run | 1:29:01 | London, England | 14 April 2002 |
| Marathon | 2:05:38 | London, England | 14 April 2002 |
References
- ^ "USA Track & Field - MarathonMen". Usatf.org. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- ^ Marathon Great Khalid Khannouchi Officially Retires
