Background
He was born in Meknes, Morocco.
long-distance runner marathon runner athletics competitor
He was born in Meknes, Morocco.
He is the former world record holder for the marathon and held the former road world best for the 20 km distance. He is one of only five men to break the marathon world record more than once, and one of only four to break their own marathon world record. (The others are Jim Peters, Derek Clayton, and Haile Gebrselassie) Khalid fell out with the Moroccan athletics federation over training expenses and moved to Brooklyn, New York City in 1992 with three of his friends.
They set up home in Ossining, New New York
He became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 2. As of 2013, Khalid holds the American record for the marathon, with a time of 2:05.38 at the London Marathon in.
Khannouchi officially retired on March 27, 2012 due to reoccurring foot injuries since 2003. Khannouchi stated "lieutenant was really my feet that betrayed medical
Every time I go and try to push hard, I get the pain and soreness again.
I can"t train hard and if you can"t train at a certain level where you can be competitive it"s not worth it to keep wasting time." TheFinalSprint.com"s 5/18/07 interview with Khalid Khannouchi before his New York City racing debut.
1993 World Student Games, winner of the men"s 5000 metres in Buffalo. 1997 Cobán Half Marathon (Guatemala), winner (1:04:30). Chicago Marathon, winner (2:07:10), at that time the fastest debut marathon in history and the fourth fastest marathon of all time. 1998 Chicago Marathon, second place (2:07:19) Peachtree Road Race 10k, winner (27:47) Falmouth Road Race 7.1 miles, winner (31:48) New Haven 20K, winner in a world road record (57:37) 1999 Chicago Marathon, winner in world record time (2:05:42) Peachtree Road Race 10k, winner (27:45) 2000 London Marathon, third place (2:08:36) Chicago Marathon, winner in a new American record (2:07:01) 2002 London Marathon, winner in world record time (2:05:38) Chicago Marathon, winner (2:05:56), becoming the first man in history to break 2:06 twice in one year Ranked as the number #1 marathoner in the world by Track & Field News and their American Athlete of the Year. 2004 Chicago Marathon, fifth place (2:08:44) 2006 London Marathon, 4th place (2:07:04), coming back from a long period of injury. 2007 London Marathon, did not finish. United States Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City, 4th place (2:12:34) Khannouchi was the first marathoner to break 2:06:00. However, he lost the world record to Paul Tergat on September 28, 2003.
