Khalid Khannouchi


Khalid Khannouchi
Personal information
Born (1971-09-12) September 12, 1971
Meknes, Morocco
Sport
Country MoroccoUnited States
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 5,000 m: 13:41.6
10km(Road): 27:45
Half Marathon: 1:00:27
Marathon: 2:05:38
Chicago Marathon (1st, 4x)
London Marathon (1st, 1x)

Khalid Khannouchi (Arabic: خالد خنّوشي) (born September 12, 1971) is a Moroccan American marathoner. He was born in Meknes, Morocco. He is the former world record holder for the marathon and held the former road world best for the 20 km distance. He is one of only five men to break the marathon world record more than once, and one of only four to break their own marathon world record. (The others are Jim Peters, Derek Clayton, and Haile Gebrselassie.)

Khalid fell out with the Moroccan athletics federation over training expenses and moved to Brooklyn, New York City in 1992 with three of his friends. He married American Sandra Inoa in 1996 who now coaches him and acts as his agent. They set up home in Ossining, New York. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 2, 2000.

As of 2013, Khalid holds the American record for the marathon,[1] with a time of 2:05.38 at the London Marathon in 2002. Ryan Hall ran faster in 2011, 2:04:58, but that was in the point-to-point Boston Marathon, considered an assisted course because of the elevation drop.

Khannouchi officially retired on March 27, 2012 due to recurring foot injuries since 2003. Khannouchi stated "It was really my feet that betrayed me. Every time I go and try to push hard, I get the pain and soreness again. I can't train hard and if you can't train at a certain level where you can be competitive it's not worth it to keep wasting time."[2]

Achievements

Khannouchi was the first marathoner to break 2:06:00. However, he lost the world record to Paul Tergat on September 28, 2003.

Personal bests

Event Best Location Date
5000 metres 13:44.39 1 January 1992
10 kilometres run 27:45 Atlanta, GA United States 4 July 1999
15 kilometres run 42:57 Utica, NY United States 12 July 1998
20 kilometres run 57:37 New Haven, CT United States 7 September 1998
Half marathon 1:00:27 Philadelphia, PA United States 28 September 1997
25 kilometres rn 1:14:13 Chicago, IL United States 10 October 2004
30 kilometres run 1:29:01 London, England 14 April 2002
Marathon 2:05:38 London, England 14 April 2002

References

Audio interview

Records
Preceded by
Brazil Ronaldo da Costa
Men's Marathon World Record Holder
October 24, 1999 September 28, 2003
Succeeded by
Kenya Paul Tergat
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