Nezha Bidouane

Nezha Bidouane (Arabic: نزهة بدوان; born on 18 September 1969 in Rabat) is a retired Moroccan track and field hurdler who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. A two-time World champion, she won the 400 m hurdles gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens and the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. In 1999, she won the silver medal at the World Championships in an African record time of 52.90 seconds.^{[citation needed]} In 2000, she won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games.

Nezha Bidouane

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Morocco
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	400 m hurdles
World Championships
	1997 Athens	400 m hurdles
	2001 Edmonton	400 m hurdles
	1999 Seville	400 m hurdles
Mediterranean Games
	1991 Athens	400 m hurdles
	1993 Narbonne	400 m hurdles
	1997 Bari	400 m hurdles

Bidouane oversees the annual Women's Race to Victory 8K road race in Rabat.^[1]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Morocco
1986	Arab Junior Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	100 m hurdles	15.20
			2nd	400 m hurdles	65.50
1987	Arab Championships	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	100 m hurdles	14.72
	Mediterranean Games	Latakia, Syria	5th	100 m hurdles	14.76
1988	African Championships	Annaba, Algeria	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:50.25
1989	Jeux de la Francophonie	Casablanca, Morocco	6th	400 m hurdles	59.69
	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	100 m hurdles	14.0
			3rd	400 m hurdles	60.3
1990	Maghreb Championships	Algiers, Algeria	1st	100 m hurdles	13.6
			1st	400 m hurdles	56.3
	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.70
			1st	400 m hurdles	57.17
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	14th (h)	400 m	55.69
			23rd (h)	60 m hurdles	8.74
	Mediterranean Games	Athens, Greece	4th	100 m hurdles	13.61
			1st	400 m hurdles	55.13
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	46.05
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:39.46
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	16th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.62
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	11th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.08
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	6th	400 m hurdles	58.301
1993	Mediterranean Games	Narbonne, France	1st	400 m hurdles	56.09
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	–	400 m hurdles	DNF
1994	Jeux de la Francophonie	Paris, France	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.19
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	5th	400 m hurdles	57.351
			–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ1
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	–	400 m hurdles	DQ
	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	100 m hurdles	13.44
			1st	400 m hurdles	56.96
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	16th (h)	400 m	53.54
	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	1st	400 m hurdles	55.01
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	400 m hurdles	52.97
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	400 m hurdles	54.24
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	400 m hurdles	52.961
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	400 m hurdles	52.90
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	3rd	400 m hurdles	53.57
2001	Jeux de la Francophonie	Ottawa, Canada	1st	400 m hurdles	54.91
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st	400 m hurdles	53.34
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	5th	400 m hurdles	56.10
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	18th (h)	400 m hurdles	55.69
	Pan Arab Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	400 m hurdles	55.98
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	46.32
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.24

¹Representing Africa

References

1. Benchrif, Mohammed (25 April 2011). Bidouane’s Women’s Run goes from strength to strength. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-11.

External links

• Nezha Bidouane at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nezha Bidouane". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

Olympic Games
Preceded by Adil Belgaïd	Flag bearer for  Morocco 2004 Athens	Succeeded by Abdelkader Kada
Sporting positions
Preceded by Deon Hemmings Irina Privalova	Women's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1997 2001	Succeeded by Kim Batten Yuliya Pechonkina