Background
He was born in Aït Ali as a younger brother of runner Ali Ezzine.
long-distance runner steeplechase runner
He was born in Aït Ali as a younger brother of runner Ali Ezzine.
He finished twelfth in the 5000 metres at the 2002 World Junior Championships, but then turned to the steeplechase.
He also competed at the 2005 World Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Up until then he had improved steadily from 8:47.67 minutes in 2003 (August, Casablanca) to 8:25.10 in 2004 (June, Rabat), 8:21.38 in 2005 (June, Rabat) and 8:19.37 in 2006 (June, Rabat). In late 2007 Ezzine was described in the official IAAF season reviews as one of that year"s major beakthroughs statistically.
Ezzine also finished 30th at the 2004 World Cross Country Championships, 41st at the 2005 World Cross Country Championships and 21st at the 2006 World Cross Country Championships, all in the short race.
This earned him a fifth place in the team competition of 2004 and a bronze medal in the team competition of 2006. In 2009 he was found guilty of refusal to submit to doping control and tampering with a doping control.
Foreign this he received a two-year suspension from the sport, lasting from March 2009 to March 2011. That year he also competed at the World Championships in Daegu, finishing 9th in the final.
He reached the Olympic final in 2012, finishing in 7th place.
At the 2013 World Championships, he again finished 9th.