Salaheddine Ben Yazide

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Salaheddine Ben Yazide
Personal information
Born (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 3000 m steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)3000m s'chase: 8:06.44 (Monaco, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Cali 3000 m st.

Salaheddine Ben Yazide (born 6 May 2003) is a Moroccan steeplechaser. [1]

Career

He was a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, behind European runners Samuel Duguna and Samuel Firewu. [2] [3] [4]

He won the Moroccan national title in July 2023 at the Moroccan Athletics Championships in Rabat. [5] He was a silver medalist in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 Arab Athletics Championships. [6] He competed for Moroccco at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [7]

He competed at the 2025 Diamond League event at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat in Rabat in May 2025, placing eighth by running 8:11.40. [8] He finished second in the 3000m steeplechase in June 2025 at the 2025 Meeting de Paris. [9] [10] He set a new personal best to finish fourth in the 3000 metres steeplechase in the Diamond League in Monaco on 11 July 2025 in 8:06.44. [11] He placed third in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Diamond League Final in Zurich in 8:14.10. [12]

References

  1. "Salaheddine Ben Yazide". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. "Mondiaux d'athlétisme U20 : Salaheddine Ben Yazide offre du bronze au Maroc". yabiladi. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  3. Smythe, Steve (August 7, 2022). "Two British medals as USA top medal table on final day in Cali". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  4. "Morocco's Salaheddine Benyazide Wins 3000m Steeple Bronze". Morocco World News. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  5. "Moroccan Championships". World Athletics. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  6. "Morocco Athletics Remain Top of Provisional General Classification". Morocco World News. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. Merca, Paul (September 2023). "World Champs Men's Steeple — Champs Racer Bests Record Man". Track and Field News.
  8. Mesfioui, Khalid (25 May 2025). "Mohammed VI Meeting: Rabat Olympic Stadium inaugurated with El Bakkali and world athletics stars". Sport.le360.ma. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  9. "Morocco's Salaheddine Ben Yazide takes silver in 3000m steeplechase at Paris Diamond League". Yabiladi.com. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  10. "Results - Paris Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  11. "Meeting International d'Athlétisme Herculis EBS". World Athletics. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  12. "Big wins for Lyles and Weber, records for Warholm and Tinch as Diamond League Final concludes in Zurich". World Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.