Yahya Berrabah

Yahya Berrabah
Personal information
Native name يحيى بالرابح
Birth name Yahya Berrabah
Born (1981-10-13) October 13, 1981
Oujda, Morocco
Residence Morocco
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Morocco
Jeux de la Francophonie
2009 Beirut Long jump
2005 Niamey Triple jump
African Championships
2008 Addis Ababa Long jump

Yahya Berrabah (Arabic: يحيى بالرابح‎‎, born 13 October 1981 in Oujda) is a Moroccan long jumper. He is a five-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (2003–2011) and has twice represented his country at the Olympic Games. He was the 2008 African Champion in the long jump. His personal best of 8.40 metres is the Moroccan national record.

He finished seventh at the 2002 African Championships. At the 2006 African Championships he finished eighth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump. He won the gold medal at the 2008 African Championships. He competed at the World Championships 2003, 2005 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 without reaching the final.

He broke the Moroccan national record in Rabat on 23 May 2009: his jump of 8.38 metres at the Meeting Mohammed VI d' Athlétisme beat Younés Moudrik's record which had stood for almost nine years.[1] He improved this to 8.40 m at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie in Beirut – a mark which won him the gold medal and a games record. At the IAAF Grand Prix in Zagreb on 31 August 2008 he tested positive for cannabis and was subsequently handed a public reprimande.[2] He performed less well in 2010, failing to pass the eight-metre mark, but cleared 8.37 m in July 2011 in Barcelona. He went on to finish fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

Berrabah failed an out-of-competition drug test for EPO in November 2011 and was initially suspended for two years.[3] The ban was later extended to 4 years, ending 5 January 2016.[4]

Major competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Morocco
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 30th (q) Long jump 6.91 m (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2002 African Championships Radès, Tunisia 7th Long jump 7.85 m (w)
2003 World Championships Paris, France 28th (q) Long jump 7.62 m
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 23rd (q) Long jump 7.53 m
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 30th (q) Long jump 7.62 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 20th (q) Long jump 7.33 m
Jeux de la Francophonie Niamey, Niger 2nd Triple jump 16.44 m
2006 African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 8th Long jump 7.64 m (w)
7th Triple jump 15.85 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 24th (q) Long jump 7.72 m
Pan Arab Games Cairo, Egypt 6th Long jump 7.62 m
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1st Long jump 8.04 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 17th (q) Long jump 7.88 m
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 9th Long jump 7.31 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 10th Long jump 7.83 m
Jeux de la Francophonie Beirut, Lebanon 1st Long jump 8.40 m (GR)
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 23rd (q) Long jump 7.52 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 4th Long jump 8.23 m

References

  1. ↑ Benchrif, Mohammed (24 May 2009). Lishchynska and Cheshari set world season leads but Jelimo is way below par in Rabat. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.
  2. ↑ "IAAF News 2009, Issue 99-108" (PDF). iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "IAAF News Issue 135, 28 August 2012" (PDF). iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 11.1.13" (PDF). iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 8 February 2015.


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