Adel Adili
{{Short description|Libyan long-distance runner (born 1974)}}
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Adel Mohamed Adili ({{langx|ar|عادل محمد عادلي}}; born 6 September 1974) is a Libyan long-distance runner.{{Olympedia}} He finished 7th at the 1997 Mediterranean Games and competed in the men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/adel-adili-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081918/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/adel-adili-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Adel Adili Olympic Results |access-date=23 May 2017}}
Career
In 1992, Adili ran 31:59.6 over 10,000 metres at the Tripoli Outdoor Meeting in Tripoli, Libya. He broke the Libyan national under-20 record.{{World Athletics}}
Adili first qualified for the 1996 Olympic marathon. He completed the course in 2:32:12 hours to place 88th.{{Tilastopaja}} At a separate race in 1996, Adili set his marathon personal best of 2:25:55 hours.
He ran the marathon again at the 1997 Mediterranean Games. At the Games, he ran 2:34:02 hours to place 7th in the finals.[http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/JM1997.pdf Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623145053/http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/JM1997.pdf |date=2014-06-23 }}
At the 2003 African Games marathon, Adili placed 14th overall with a 2:44:37 time.{{cite web|url=https://www.africathle.com/perso/events/abujares.html|title=All Africa Games Abuja (Nigeria) 11-16 October 2003|website=africathle.com}}
Personal life
Adili used a Surf Shack at the Sydney Olympic village to surf the web. In an interview about Olympians first using the Internet, he said that he liked pizza and the 1997 film Titanic.{{cite web |title=Athletes go surfing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-tribune-athletes-go-surfing/172828372/ |publisher=Journal Tribune |access-date=21 May 2025 |page=17 |date=25 Sep 2000}}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Libyan male long-distance runners
Category:Libyan male marathon runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Libya
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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