Nezha Bidouane (; born on 18 September 1969 in

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) is a retired Moroccan

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who specialised in the

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. A two-time World champion, she won the

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gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in

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and the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. In 1999, she won the silver medal at the

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in an African record time of 52.90 seconds. In 2000, she won the bronze medal at the

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. Bidouane oversees the annual Women's Race to Victory 8K road race in Rabat.Benchrif, Mohammed (25 April 2011)
Bidouane’s Women’s Run goes from strength to strength

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. Retrieved 2019-10-11.

Competition record

¹Representing Africa

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* * 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Rabat Moroccan female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Morocco Olympic bronze medalists for Morocco Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Morocco World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Arab Athletics Championships winners {{Morocco-athletics-bio-stub