Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Factbox: Rashid Ramzi
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Factbox on Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi who was stripped of his Olympic 1,500 metres gold medal for doping at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Born July 17, 1980 in Safi, Morocco.
Early career
Won the silver medal for Morocco in the 1,500m at the African Junior Championships in 1999.
He moved to Bahrain at the end of 2001 where he was offered a job in the military and later gained citizenship.
Major achievements
In 2003 Ramzi won gold in the 1,500m at the Asian Championships before making his mark on the international scene with a silver medal at the world indoor championships in the 800m in 2004.
Ramzi ended Hicham El Guerrouj's 29-race unbeaten record in the 1,500m in July 2004 making him one of the favourites for the Olympic title in Athens.
He fell in his Olympic semi-final and finished 11th.
In 2005 Ramzi completed an unprecedented middle distance double winning the 800 and 1,500m titles at the world championships in Helsinki.
At the 2007 world championships in Osaka, he finished second behind Bernard Lagat in the 1,500m.
Ramzi won Bahrain's first Olympic medal when he beat Kenya's Asbel Kipruto Kiprop to take gold in the 1,500m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Doping violation
In April 2009, Bahrain's Olympic Committee announced Ramzi had failed a dope test from the Beijing Games for the banned blood-booster CERA, after frozen samples were re-tested specifically for that substance.
The International Olympic Committee announced on November 18 Ramzi was being stripped of his gold medal for anti-doping violations.
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