Noureddine Morceli
Noureddine Morceli is an Algerian runner and one of the greatest milers in history. He won the Olympic 1500 m title in Atlanta in 1996. He was born on 28 February 1970 in Ténès, on the coast of the wilaya of Chlef.
Noureddine Morceli is an Algerian runner and one of the greatest milers in history. He won the Olympic 1500 m title in Atlanta in 1996. He was born on 28 February 1970 in Ténès, on the coast of the wilaya of Chlef.
Morceli's older brother Abderrahmane, an Olympic runner himself, later became his coach.
He studied at a college in Riverside, California. From 1990 he dominated the 1500 m, winning the world title in 1991, 1993 and 1995.
That year was special: in 1995 he ran 3 minutes 27.37 seconds, a new world record for the 1500 m. For a time in the 1990s he held 6 world records at once.
After retiring from the track, he was Algeria's secretary of state for elite sport from January to June 2020.
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