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| Nationality | Moroccan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Cross country running | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:01.76 (Jacksonville, 2025) 1500m: 4:05.85 (Salem, 2025) Mile: 4:31.01 (Boston, 2025) 3000m: 8:41.76 (Boston, 2025) 5000m: 15:51.24 (Lexington, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
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Salma Elbadra (born 12 September 2004) is a Moroccan middle-distance and cross country runner. [1]
In May 2023, Eldara won the women's U23 1500 metres race at the 2023 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat in Rabat. [2]
Elbadra competed as a freshman at the University of Wyoming in 2024. [3] Elbadra qualified for the 2024 NCAA Track and Field National Championships in the 1500 metres, running a time of 4:15.80 in the West Regionals finals in May 2024, before running 4:15.24 in the NCAA semi-final in Eugene, Oregon in June. In doing so, she was the sole female athlete to represent Wyoming at the championship. [4] [5] Competing over 800 metres on 8 July 2024, she ran 2:14.82 to win the 2024 Arab U23 Athletics Championships in Ismailia, Egypt, setting a new championship record time whilst representing Morocco. [6]
Having transferred to the University of South Carolina, she won the NCAA Southeast Cross Country Regional over 6km in November 2025. [7] In December 2025, she won the 3000 metres indoors in Boston, Massachusetts in 8:41.76 ahead of Vera Sjoberg at the Boston University's Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener. [8]
Alongside Anass Essayi and Fouad Messaoudi, she was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida. [9]
