Migidio Bourifa (born 31 January 1969 at Casablanca) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon races.

Migidio Bourifa
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1969-01-31) 31 January 1969 (age 55)
Casablanca, Morocco
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
EventMarathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Marathon: 2:09:07 (2002)
Medal record
European Marathon Cup
Silver medal – second place 2002 Munich Team marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Barcelona Team marathon

Biography

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He formerly competed for Morocco.[1] He finished tenth in the marathon at the 2002 European Championships. In addition he placed lowly at the 2003 World Championships and did not finish at the 2005 World Championships.

At the 1997 Half Marathon World Championships in Košice, he finished 52nd. In 1998 he finished seventh in the overall standings at the Turin Marathon and was the first Italian to do so, but he was tested positive for Amineptin during a doping test so that he was disqualified and his Italian championship title was revoked. The two-year doping ban, which was actually due, was reduced to eight months by the national federation because of "cooperative behavior".

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2000 World Half Marathon Championships Veracruz, Mexico 32nd Half marathon
5th Team [2]
2001 Venice Marathon Venice, Italy 6th Marathon 2:11:04
2002 Paris Marathon Paris, France 3rd Marathon 2:09:07
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan Marathon DNF
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 7th Marathon 2:20:35

Personal bests

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References

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  1. ^ "ATLETICANET - l'Atletica Leggera in rete". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
  2. ^ 2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, men's results Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine - IAAF.org
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