Adil Kaouch

{{short description|Moroccan middle-distance runner}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

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Adil Kaouch ({{langx|ar|عادل الكوش}}) (born 1 January 1979) is a Moroccan middle-distance runner.

In 1998 he won the World Junior Championships over 1500 metres. The next year won a 5000 metres gold medal at the 1999 Pan Arab Games.

At the 1999 and 2001 World Championships, he took the role of setting a fast early pace to pull his teammate Hicham El Guerrouj away to victory.

[http://www2.iaaf.org/WCH01/News/getnews.asp?Code=4088&imgh=searchnews El Guerrouj bids farewell to the 1500 metres] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128023327/http://www2.iaaf.org/WCH01/News/getnews.asp?Code=4088&imgh=searchnews |date=November 28, 2007 }} - 2001 World Championships

At the 2000 Sydney Olympic he failed to advance from his heat in the 1500m, and Hicham El Guerrouj was eventually upset in a sprint finish by Kenyan Noah Ngeny. At this race, another Moroccan runner Youssef Baba set the pace for El Guerrouj.

At the 2004 Athens Olympic he finished 9th (3:38.26) at the 1500m final, where his compatriot Hicham El Guerrouj won the Olympics gold medal. At this race he did not run as a pacemaker for El Guerrouj, although he was expected to do so.

In August 2005 he won a 1500 metres silver medal at the World Championships.

In April 2006 he won the silver medal in the short race at the World Cross Country Championships, as well as a bronze medal in the team competition.

[http://www.iaaf.org/WXC06/news/Kind=2/newsId=34157.html silver medal at World Cross Country Championships(short race)] -- IAAF

Kaouch was suspended in August 2007 after failing a doping test.[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/13/sports/AF-SPT-ATH-Doping-Kaouch.php Moroccan runner Kaouch suspended after failing doping test] - International Herald Tribune