Driss El Himer

{{short description|French long-distance runner}}

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Driss El Himer ({{langx|ar|ادريس الهمِر}}) (born 1 January 1974 in Khezazna, Morocco) is a Moroccan-French long-distance runner. He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 24 January 2001.{{Cite web |title=JORF n° 0022 du 26 janvier 2001 - Légifrance |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/2001/01/26/0022 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=www.legifrance.gouv.fr}}

He competed in the marathon at the 2004 Olympics, finishing 68th.

He finished 6th in the long race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 11th in the 5000 m final at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, and 8th in the 10,000 m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}}
rowspan=2|2001

|Amsterdam Marathon

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:07:02

Lille Half Marathon

|Lille, France

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Half Marathon

|1:02:08

2003

|World Championships

|Paris, France

|60th

|Marathon

|2:24:23

2004

|Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|68th

|Marathon

|2:29:07

References

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