Aïssa Djabir Saïd-Guerni (, born 29 March 1977 in

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) is a retired

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n athlete who predominantly competed in the

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. Saïd-Guerni competed at the

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and

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in the 800 metres, and was also the flag bearer for Algeria at both these games. He announced his retirement on 6 May 2007, following injury problems. His personal best time was 1:43.09 minutes, achieved in September 1999 in

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* 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Algiers Algerian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Algeria Olympic bronze medalists for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Algeria World Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games silver medalists for Algeria Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games World Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Algerian sportsmen 20th-century Algerian sportsmen Australian Athletics Championships winners African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Algeria-Olympic-medalist-stub