Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi

Moroccan long-distance runner

Marathon: 2:25:03 (Rabat 2023)

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing Morocco
World Championships
	2023 Budapest	Marathon

Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi (Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء كردادي, born 20 March 1992)^[1] is a Moroccan long-distance runner. She won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in a time of 2:25:17.

Career

Since 2010, Gardadi has been competing in athletics competitions at the national level over distances from 800 metres to the half marathon. In 2022, she won her debut marathon in Marrakesh with a time of 2:25:07. In her next marathon race, the Rabat Marathon, she won again and lowered her personal best by four seconds, qualifying for the Moroccan team in the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. On 26 August 2023, she placed third to earn the bronze medal in the women's marathon.^[2]^[3] She dedicated this achievement to king Mohammed VI.^[4]

References

^ "Fatima Ezzahra GARDADI - Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
^ Ntungwabona, Ahmed. "Moroccan Fatima Gardadi Wins Historic Bronze at 2023 World Championships in Athletics". Morocco World News.
^ "Gardadi Wins Morocco's First-Ever Medal in Marathon at World Athletics Championships". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
^ Erraji, Abdellah. "Fatima Gardadi Dedicates World Championship Medal to King Mohammed VI". Morocco World News.