Abdellatif Meftah, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Moroccan-born long-distance runner for France
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Place of Birth: Bouchane, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
About Abdellatif Meftah
- Abdellatif Meftah (born January 3, 1982, in Bouchane, Morocco) is a French long distance runner. He ran for Morocco at the Pan Arab Games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation.
- Transferring his nationality, Meftah represented France at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and finished in 40th place.
- He broke the French record in the half marathon at the Semi-Marathon de Lille in September that year, running a time of 1:00:46 to erase Larbi Zeroual's mark from 1999.
- At the 2010 European Cross Country Championships he led the French men to the team title, although he just missed out on an individual medal with his fourth-place finish.
- Meftah moved up a further distance on the roads, making his debut at the 2011 Paris Marathon in April.
- He was Europe's top finisher at the competition, coming tenth, and completed the course in a time of 2:10:53 hours.
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