Widad Mendil, Date of Birth

    

Widad Mendil

Algerian steeplechase runner

Date of Birth: 12-May-1983

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Algeria

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Widad Mendil

  • Widad Mendil (Arabic: ???? ??????; born May 12, 1983) is an Algerian steeplechase runner.
  • Mendil represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the first ever women's 3000 metres steeplechase.
  • She ran in the first heat against sixteen other athletes, including Russia's Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, who eventually became an Olympic champion in the final.
  • She finished the race in last place by three seconds behind Japan's Minori Hayakari, with a time of 9:52.35.
  • Mendil, however, failed to advance into the final, as she placed thirty-seventh overall, and was ranked below four mandatory slots for the next round.

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