Rachid El Morabity is a Moroccan athlete born 3 March 1982 in Zagora. He is a specialist of ultra-trail, and has won the Marathon des Sables 10 times (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, [1] [2] 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024). He was also ranked 2nd overall in the OCC in August 2016 [3] and came 2nd in the UT4M 90 in August 2015.
Morabity's family farms watermelons. [6] His younger brother, Mohamed, is also an ultramarathon runner and has placed several times in Marathon des Sables. [7]
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