Farida Fatès

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

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Farida Fates

|event = Cross country running

|nationality = French

|birth_date = {{birth-date and age |2 February 1962}}

|birth_place = Jijel, Algeria

|height = 1.66m

|club = Revin (1979—1987)
AS Sarreguemines-Bitche (1988—1989)
Athlétisme Sarreguemines-Sarrebourg Arrondissements
ASPTT Strasbourg (2000—2002)

|coach = Joël Bastien

}}

Farida Fates (née Zigha; born 2 February 1962 in Jijel, Algeria) is a former French athlete, who specialized in long-distance running.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194608/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/farida-fates-1.html Farida Fates]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-04-10.

She won four track titles at the French Athletics Championships: over 1500 metres (1990), 3000 metres (1989 and 1994) and 5000 metres (1996). She also won three titles at the French Cross Country Championships (1990, 1996 and 1997).Docathlé2003, Fédération française d'athlétisme, 2003, p.435[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/fra.htm French Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-10.

On 21 August 1994, in Cologne, she improved the French 5000 m record by completing the distance in 15:16.41 minutes.

She won the bronze medal team at 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the team silver medal at the 1994 European Cross Country Championships.{{Citation | author=Butler, Mark (toim.) | title=IAAF Statistics Handbook: Helsinki 2005 | page=164 | year=2005 | editor=IAAF}}