Barkahoum Drici

Barkahoum Drici
Drici during the 2015 Prague Marathon
Personal information
Born (1989-03-28) 28 March 1989
Sport
Country Algeria
SportTrack and field
Cross-country running
Event
long-distance running

Barkahoum Drici (born 28 March 1989) is a female Algerian former long-distance runner and cross country runner. She is two times national champion in the 5000 metres. She represented Algeria in both cross-country and in the marathon the World Championships.

Career

Drici made her international debut a junior athlete at the junior women's race at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa, Kenya. In the same year she improved the national record (under-20) in the 10000 metres to 36:14.95. In 2008 she again represented Algeria in the junior women's race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.[1]

As a senior, Drici became national champion in the 5000 metres in 2010 and 2012, winning in 2012 in a new personal record of 16:39.30.[1][2]

In 2015 she won the women's national title at the 29th edition of the Challenge national "Chelda Boulenouar" in Tlemcen.[3][4] She that year also qualified for the women's race of the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China.[5]

In the marathon she ran her personal best in a time of 2:42.11 during the 2015 Prague Marathon.[1] With that time she qualified for the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[2] She had to abandon the race halfway.[6] She didn't give in the hours after the race a reason for her dropout.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Barkahoum Drici". World Athletics.
  2. ^ a b "Mondiaux de Pékin, Marathon : Souad Ait Salem et Drici Barkahoum entrent en lice cette nuit". Le Buteur (in French). 29 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Challenge national de Tlemcen: victoire de Drici (dames) et Aggoune (messieurs)". Radio Algeria (in French). 7 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Drici et Aggoune vainqueurs". L'Expression (in French). 9 February 2015.
  5. ^ "La sélection nationale en stage à Sidi Fredj". L'Expression (in French). 2015.
  6. ^ "Athlétisme: résultats du championnat national estival". Radio Algeria (in French). 30 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Makhloufi rate son Mondial et déçoit les Algériens". Algérie Patriotique (in French). 30 August 2015.