Salaheddine Ben Yazide

Salaheddine Ben Yazide
At the 2026 African Championships
Personal information
Born (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
3000 m steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best3000m s'chase: 8:05.08 (2026)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Morocco
African Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 Accra3000 m s'chase
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2025 Riyadh3000 m st.
Arab Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Algiers3000 m st.
Arab U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Ismailia3000 m st.
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 Cali3000 m st.

Salaheddine Ben Yazide (born 6 May 2003) is a Moroccan steeplechaser.[1]

Biography

He was a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, behind European runners Samuel Duguna and Samuel Firewu.[2][3][4]

He won the Moroccan national title in July 2023 at the Moroccan Athletics Championships in Rabat.[5] He was a silver medalist in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 Arab Athletics Championships.[6] He competed for Morocco at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[7]

He competed at the 2025 Diamond League event at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat in Rabat in May 2025, placing eighth by running 8:11.40.[8] He finished second in the 3000m steeplechase in June 2025 at the 2025 Meeting de Paris.[9][10] He set a new personal best to finish fourth in the 3000 metres steeplechase in the Diamond League in Monaco on 11 July 2025 in 8:06.44.[11] He placed third in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Diamond League Final in Zurich in 8:14.10.[12] He finished fifth in the World Championship final on 15 September 2025.[13]

In May 2026, he won the silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2026 African Championships in Accra, Ghana, finishing between Ethiopians Gemechu Godana and Samuel Firewu.[14] Later that month, he places sixth in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2026 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2026 Diamond League.[15] On 7 June, he placed fourth at the Diamond League event in Stockholm.[16] On 16 June, he won the 3000m steeplechase in 8:09.88 at the Golden Spike Ostrava.[17] On 23 August, he ran a personal best 8:05.08 to place third in the Diamond League at the 2026 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Silesia, Poland.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Salaheddine Ben Yazide". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mondiaux d'athlétisme U20 : Salaheddine Ben Yazide offre du bronze au Maroc". yabiladi. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Smythe, Steve (August 7, 2022). "Two British medals as USA top medal table on final day in Cali". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Morocco's Salaheddine Benyazide Wins 3000m Steeple Bronze". Morocco World News. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Moroccan Championships". World Athletics. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Morocco Athletics Remain Top of Provisional General Classification". Morocco World News. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Merca, Paul (September 2023). "World Champs Men's Steeple — Champs Racer Bests Record Man". Track and Field News.
  8. ↑ Mesfioui, Khalid (25 May 2025). "Mohammed VI Meeting: Rabat Olympic Stadium inaugurated with El Bakkali and world athletics stars". Sport.le360.ma. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Morocco's Salaheddine Ben Yazide takes silver in 3000m steeplechase at Paris Diamond League". Yabiladi.com. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Results - Paris Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Meeting International d'Athlétisme Herculis EBS". World Athletics. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Big wins for Lyles and Weber, records for Warholm and Tinch as Diamond League Final concludes in Zurich". World Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 Sep 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  14. ↑ "African Athletics Championships 2026: Lee Eppie leads Botswana charge as Day 3 delivers first medals for hosts Ghana". Olympics.com. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Results - Rabat Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "Results - Stockholm Diamond League (BAUHAUS-Galan) 2026". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  17. ↑ "Lyles smashes world 150m best in Ostrava". World Athletics. 16 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "Results - Silesia Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2026. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
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