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Rashid Ramzi

Rashid Ramzi with his silver medal for the men's 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
Medal record
Representing  Bahrain
Men's athletics
Summer Olympics
Disqualified	2008 Beijing	1500 m
World Championships
Gold	2005 Helsinki	800 m
Gold	2005 Helsinki	1500 m
Silver	2007 Osaka	1500 m
Asian Games
Gold	2002 Busan	1500 m
Bronze	2006 Doha	1500 m
Silver	2014 Incheon	1500 m
Asian Championships
Gold	2003 Manila	1500 m
Silver	2002 Colombo	1500 m

Rashid Ramzi (Arabic: رشيد رمزي) was born on July 17, 1980. He is a talented track and field athlete. He was born in Morocco and later became a citizen of Bahrain. He competed for Bahrain in races like the 800 metres and 1500 metres.

Rashid Ramzi became very successful in Asia. He won gold medals at the Asian Athletics Championships and the 2002 Asian Games. He also set a new Asian indoor record for the 800 metres. This helped him win a silver medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. This was his first big medal on the world stage. He also competed in the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The next year, in 2005, he reached the top of his sport. He won both the 800 metres and 1500 metres races at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. He was the first man ever to win both these races at the same World Championships!

He won a silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he won a gold medal in the 1500 metres. This was the first Olympic medal ever for Bahrain at the Olympics. However, his result was later changed. He was not allowed to compete for two years because of a rule violation involving a banned substance.

Rashid Ramzi's Athletic Journey

Starting His Career

Rashid Ramzi grew up in Safi, Morocco. He first competed for Morocco. In 1999, he won a silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 1999 African Junior Athletics Championships. In 2001, he won the national championships in Morocco.

In 2002, he joined the Bahraini armed forces and became a citizen of Bahrain. He started competing for Bahrain right away. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships. Then, he won a gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2002 Asian Games.

In 2003, he won three more gold medals in the 1500 metres. These wins were at the Pan Arab Athletics Championships, the Gulf Cooperation Council Championships, and the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships.

Competing on the World Stage

In 2004, Rashid Ramzi began to compete more on the world stage. He won gold medals in both the 800 metres and 1500 metres at the 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. He even set a new Asian record for the 800 metres.

The next month, he won a silver medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He improved his 800 metres record there. He also won his first Golden League race in Rome. Later that year, he represented Bahrain at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He reached the semi-finals of the 1500 metres race.

Becoming a Double World Champion

At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, Rashid Ramzi achieved something amazing. He won gold medals in both the 800 m and 1500 m races. Only one other person, Peter Snell, had done this at a major world competition before.

After this, he won a bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games. In 2007, he won a silver medal in the 1500 metres at the World Championships. The next year, he won gold at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. However, as mentioned, his Olympic title was later changed due to a rule violation.

Rashid Ramzi's Best Times

Achievements and Medals

Ramzi (left) taking the silver at the 2007 World Championships

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Morocco
1999	African Junior Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	2nd	1500 m
Representing  Bahrain
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	2nd	1500 m
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	1st	1500 m
2003	Gulf Cooperation Council Championships	Kuwait City, Kuwait	1st	1500 m
	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	1st	1500 m
	Pan Arab Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	1500 m
2004	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	1st	800 m
			1st	1500 m
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	800 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	11th (semis)	1500 m
2005	World Cross Country Championships	Saint-Galmier, France	32nd	Short race
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	800 m
			1st	1500 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th	1500 m
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	3rd	1500 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th (semis)	800 m
			2nd	1500 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	5th	1500 m
	Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	1st (DQ)	1500 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	2nd	1500 m

See also

In Spanish: Rashid Ramzi para niños

• List of doping cases in athletics