Rachid El Morabity is a Moroccan athlete born 3 March 1982 in Zagora. He is a specialist of ultra-trail, and has won the Marathon des Sables 10 times (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024). He was also ranked 2nd overall in the OCC in August 2016 and came 2nd in the UT4M 90 in August 2015.
Results
- Marathon des Sables – 2011 – 1st place
- Marathon des Sables – 2014 – 1st place
- Marathon des Sables – 2015 – 1st place
- UTAM 90 – 2015 – 2nd place
- Marathon des Sables – 2016 – 1st place
- OCC – UTMB – 2016 – 2nd place
- Marathon des Sables – 2017 - 1st place
- Marathon des Sables (Peru) – 2017 – 1st place
- Marathon des Sables – 2018 – 1st place
- Marathon des Sables – 2019 – 1st place
- Marathon des Sables – 2021 – 1st place
- Marathon des Sables – 2022 – 1st place
- Marathon des Sables - 2024 - 1st Place
Personal life
Morabity's family farms watermelons. His younger brother, Mohamed, is also an ultramarathon runner and has placed several times in Marathon des Sables.
References
- "Grueling Marathon des Sables completes another edition | WTOP". WTOP. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- Schoch, Jürgen. "Statistiques d'ultramarathon de DUV". statistik.d-u-v.org. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- "Moroccan Athlete Comes Second in European Ultra-Marathon OCC". Morocco World News. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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- Jacqueline, Kantor (21 July 2016). "How an Ultrarunning Force Emerged from the Middle of Morocco". Vice. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- "Lahcen Ahansal's record in the crosshair | Marathon Des Sables". marathondessables.com. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
External links
- Kantor, Jacqueline (6 April 2012). "Marathon des Sables: 153 Miles in the Sahara". New York Times.