Halima Hachlaf

{{Short description|Moroccan runner (born 1988)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Halima Hachlaf

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| caption = Hachlaf in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|6 September 1988}}

| birth_place = Khénifra, Morocco

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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry| {{MAR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalSilver |2009 Pescara|800 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Jeux de la Francophonie}}

{{MedalSilver |2009 Beirut|800 m}}

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Halima Hachlaf (born 6 September 1988) is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She is the younger sister of Abdelkader Hachlaf, an international steeplechase athlete.[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/athletes/athletes/05/58/26/20100311033336_httppostedfile_doha_women_18514.pdf Biographical Summaries – Women Doha 2010]. IAAF (2010). Retrieved on 2010-06-11. She won silver medals in the 800 m at the Mediterranean Games and Jeux de la Francophonie in 2009. Her personal best for the distance is 1:58.27.

Junior career

Hachlaf was born in Khénifra, and began her international career at an early age, competing in the 800 metres at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics when she was fourteen. She qualified for the semi-finals but did not manage to finish the race.[http://www.iaaf.org/history/WYC/season=2003/eventCode=2961/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=800/combCode=hash/roundCode=sf/results.html#det World Youth Championships 800 Metres – W Semi-Final]. IAAF (2003-07-12). Retrieved on 2010-06-11. She had greater success at the 2004 World Junior Championships the following year, as she recorded a personal best of 2:06.44 in the heats and reached the event final, finishing ninth.[http://www.iaaf.org/history/WJC/season=2004/eventCode=3229/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=800/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det World Junior Championships 800 Metres – W Final]. IAAF (2004-07-26). Retrieved on 2010-06-11. In 2005, she entered the IAAF World Cross Country Championships for the first time and was 31st overall in the junior race. At the 2005 World Youth Championships she won her heat and recorded a season's best of 2:06.91 to finish as runner-up in the semi-final behind Teresa Kwamboka. She failed to repeat this form in the final and was fourth in a time of 2:08.61.[http://www.iaaf.org/history/WYC/season=2005/eventCode=3364/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=800/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det World Youth Championships 800 Metres – W Final]. IAAF (2005-07-17). Retrieved on 2010-06-11. At the end of the year she competed at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie, and won a bronze medal in the 4×400 metres relay.Fuchs, Carole (2005-12-17). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=32948.html Francophone Games – Final Day]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-11.

She was first in the 400 metres at the African Northern Region Junior Championships in July 2006, but was beaten into second by Aicha Rezig in her speciality.Benchrif, Mohammed (2006-07-16). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=35359.html African Northern Region Junior Champs]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-11. She reached the semi-finals of the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics and ran at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, taking 46th place.[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=196096/index.html Hachlaf Halima Biography]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-11. Later that year, she ran a personal best of 2:02.60 at a meeting in Biberach, Germany – a mark which made her the third fastest junior woman that year.[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=j/season=2007/sex=W/all=n/legal=A/disc=800/detail.html 800 Metres junior 2007]. IAAF (2008-01-31). Retrieved on 2010-06-11. She won two medals at the 2007 African Junior Championships in Athletics, taking the silver in the 800 m and a bronze in the 1500 metres.Ouma, Mark (2007-08-13). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=2/newsid=40259.html Rudisha takes expected gold in Ouagadougou as African junior championships conclude]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-11. The highlight 2008 for Hachlaf was a fourth-place finish at the 2008 African Championships, where she finished in a time of 2:04.74 behind Agnes Samaria.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080617150131/http://www.addis2008.org/Results/Data/at/asf/006/index.html 2008 African Championships – Women's 800 m final]}}. Archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-06-11.

Senior breakthrough

The 2009 season brought significant improvements for Hachlaf. She set a new best time of 2:00.91 for the silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, although she was somewhat behind Elisa Cusma who set a Games record.Sampaolo, Diego (2009-07-02). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=51469.html A good day for hosts and Morocco – Mediterranean Games, Day 3]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-11. She competed at her first global senior competition the following month, the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Hachlaf recorded the fifth fastest qualifying time in the heats stage, but she did not manage to finish the semi-finals, dropping out mid-race. She closed her year with an appearance at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, where she won another silver medal, just beaten by her compatriot Seltana Aït Hammou.Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2009-10-04). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=54550.html Kaltouma and Milazar take 400m titles in Beirut – Francophone Games, Day 3]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-11. On the final day of the competition she took the bronze medal for Morocco in the 4×400 m relay.[http://www.jeux2009.org/results/results/at/asf/044/004/cgcgr3atasf044s004001.html Athlétisme – 4 x 400 Relais Dames]. 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie. Retrieved on 2010-06-11.

The Moroccan made her first global indoor appearance at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in March, but missed out on qualification in the heats stage. At the start of the outdoor season she scored an unexpected win over her compatriot Hasna Benhassi at the Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat in a personal best run of 2:00.63.Benchrif, Mohammed (2010-06-07). [http://www.iaaf.org/IWC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56966.html Fraser as expected and surprise from Mekhissi in Rabat – IAAF World Challenge]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-11. A few days later she ran at the Golden Gala in Rome and had a significant victory over World Championship medallists Janeth Jepkosgei and Jenny Meadows. She comfortably won in a time of 1:58.40 at the Diamond League meeting, improving her best by over two seconds and scoring her first major win of her career.[http://www.diamondleague.com/IAAF-Diamond-Race/Overview-Disciplines/800m-Women-Discipline/800-m---Women/?Template=News Overview Disciplines – 10.06.2010 800m – Women] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705120100/http://www.diamondleague.com/IAAF-Diamond-Race/Overview-Disciplines/800m-Women-Discipline/800-m---Women/?Template=News |date=2010-07-05 }}. IAAF Diamond League (2010-06-10). Retrieved on 2010-06-11.

Doping suspension

She served a 4-year competition ban, as a result of abnormalities in her biological passport, lasting from 14 October 2013 to 18 December 2017.[https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=0c360741-05a6-4a4b-a2dc-f8fbb72d36e0.pdf&urlslug=List%20of%20athletes%20and%20athletes%20support%20personnel%20currently%20serving%20a%20period%20of%20ineligibility%20as%20a%20result%20of%20an%20anti-doping%20rule%20violation%20under%20IAAF%20rules IAAF list of suspended athletes] This made her the second athlete in her family to receive a doping ban, as her brother Abdelkader Hachlaf was banned for doping in 2004.[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Antidoping/SanctionedAthletes/2004ResultsManagement_1162.pdf Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed During 2004]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-06-27.

Personal bests

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Event

! Time (min)

! Venue

! Date

800 m1:58.27Oslo, Norway9 June 2011
1500 m4:06.69Rabat, Morocco9 June 2013

  • All information taken from IAAF profile.

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{MAR}}
2003

|World Youth Championships

|Sherbrooke, Canada

|21st (h)

|800 m

|2:12.66

2004

|World Junior Championships

|Grosseto, Italy

|9th

|800 m

|2:09.26

rowspan=4|2005

|World Cross Country Championships

|Saint-Galmier, France

|31st

|Junior race (6.153 km)

|22:42

World Youth Championships

|Marrakech, Morocco

|4th

|800 m

|2:08.61

rowspan=2|Francophonie Games

|rowspan=2|Niamey, Niger

|4th

|800 m

|2:09.64

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:42.48

2006

|World Junior Championships

|Beijing, China

|12th (sf)

|800 m

|2:07.07

rowspan=4|2007

|World Cross Country Championships

|Mombasa, Kenya

|46th

|Junior race (6 km)

|24:01

rowspan=2|African Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|2:06.13

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|1500 m

|4:20.91

Pan Arab Games

|Cairo, Egypt

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|800 m

|2:09.50

2008

|African Championships

|Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

|4th

|800 m

|2:04.74

rowspan=4|2009

|Mediterranean Games

|Pescara, Italy

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|2:00.91

World Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|23rd (sf)

|800 m

|DNF

rowspan=2|Francophonie Games

|rowspan=2|Beirut, Lebanon

|bgcolor=silver| 2nd

|800 metres

|2:02.76

bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:37.72

rowspan=2|2010

|World Indoor Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|8th (h)

|800 m

|2:03.81

African Championships

|Nairobi, Kenya

|8th

|800 m

|DNF

2011

|World Championships

|Daegu, South Korea

|24th (sf)

|800 m

|DNF

2012

|Olympic Games

|London, Great Britain

|11th (sf)

|800 m

|11th

2013

|World Championships

|Moscow, Russia

|11th (sf)

|800 m

|11th

References

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