Nouria Mérah-Benida
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Nouria Mérah-Benida (Arabic: نورية مراح بنيدة) (born October 19, 1970 in Algiers) is an Algerian middle distance runner.
At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg Mérah-Benida won silver medals in both 800 metres and 1500 metres. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won a somewhat surprising gold medal ahead of Romanians Violeta Szekely (silver) and Gabriela Szabo (bronze).[1] The same year she won an 800 m silver medal and a 1500 m gold medal at the African Championships.
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- ^ Holmes fades in 1500m. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
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