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Born | 29 December 1983 | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Morocco | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | 3000m steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
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Salima Elouali Alami (born 29 December 1983) is a Moroccan athlete. She was born in Karia Ba Mohamed. [1] She competed in the 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 26th with a time of 9:44.62. [2]
Alami also won the silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games and a bronze at the 2014 African Championships, both in the 3,000 meters steeplechase.
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Mohammed Souleimani Laalami was a citizen of Morocco, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. Laalami's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 237. The Department of Defense reports he was born on March 4, 1965, in Casablanca, Morocco.
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Alami is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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