Adel Mechaal Mechaal (born 5 December 1990) is a middle- and long-distance runner. Born in Morocco, he represents Spain internationally. In the 1500 metres, he placed fourth at the 2017 World Championships, and fifth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Over the 5000 metres, Mechaal won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. He is a three-time European Indoor Championships 3000 metres medallist. He also won two medals for the men's senior races at the European Cross Country Championships.
 Mechaal in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Adel Mechaal Mechaal |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 5 December 1990[1] El Jebha, Morocco[2] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Spain |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Middle, Long-distance running |
| Club | New Balance Team |
| Coached by | Antonio Serrano |
Mechaal is the Spanish indoor record holder for the 1500 m. He won multiple national outdoor and indoor titles between 2015 and 2023 (1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m).
Mechaal held the European indoor 3000 m record set in February 2022 with a time of 7:30.82 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in New York.[3]
Statistics
editPersonal bests
edit- 800 metres – 1:47.69 (Barcelona 2019)
- 1500 metres – 3:30.77 (Tokyo 2021)
- 1500 metres indoor – 3:33.28 (Birmingham 2023) NR
- 3000 metres – 7:35.28 (Paris 2017)
- 3000 metres indoor – 7:30.82 (New York 2022)
- 5000 metres – 13:06.02 (Oslo 2022)
- 10,000 metres – 27:50.56 (London 2018)
- Road
- 10 kilometres – 29:09 (Lisbon 2019)
- Half marathon – 1:02:30 (Gdynia 2020)
International competitions
editNational titles
edit- Spanish Athletics Championships
- 1500 metres: 2015, 2017, 2021
- 5000 metres: 2015, 2017
- Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships
- 1500 metres: 2015, 2018, 2022
- 3000 metres: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
References
edit- ^ "Adel MECHAAL – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Adel Mechaal – Athlete profile". Spanish Athletics. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Mechaal smashes European indoor 3000m record with 7:30.82 in New York". European Athletics. 6 February 2022. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links
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- Adel Mechaal at World Athletics
- Adel Mechaal at Diamond League
- Adel Mechaal at RFEA (in Spanish)
- Adel Mechaal at Olympedia
- Adel Mechaal at Olympics.com
- Adel Mechaal at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Adel Mechaal Mechaal (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
