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| Nationality | Moroccan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||
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Fouad Messaoudi (born 7 January 2001) is a Moroccan middle-distance and cross country runner. He represented Morocco at the 2025 World Athletics Championships over 1500 metres. [1]
From Oujda, Morocco, Messaoudi competed in the collegiate system in the United States, attending Oklahoma State University from 2022. [2]
Messaoudi had success, winning the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships over 3000 metres in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He also won the distance medley relay with Oklahoma State at the championships. [3] [4] [5] In June, he placed ninth in the final of the 1500 metres in Austin, Texas at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships. [6] In November 2023, placed tenth overall at the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships, held in Charlottesville, Virginia, winning the team title with Oklahoma State. [7] [8] In July, he won the silver medal at the 2023 Arab Games in Algiers in the 1500 metres. [9]
In February 2025, Messaoudi won the mile run at the Razorback International, with a time of 3:52.66 to set a new Oklahoma State school record by over two seconds, and move to seventh on the NCAA all-time list. [10] In March 2025, he placed fourth in the final of the mile run at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach. [11] In June, he placed eighth in the final of the 5000 metres in Eugene, Oregon at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships. [12] Later that month, he won the 1500 metres in 3:33.93 at the Portland Track Festival in Portland, Oregon. [13]
In July 2025, he placed third over 1500 metres at the Moroccan Championships in a time of 3:48.13. [14] In September 2025, he competed over 1500 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the semi-finals. [15] [16]
In November 2025, he placed fifth overall at the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships, helping Oklahoma State to win the team title. [17] Alongside Anass Essayi and Salma Elbadra, he was selected for the mixed relay at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida. [18] [19]
