Marrakech Marathon

Marrakech Marathon
Marrakech Marathon
Date	late January
Location	Marrakesh
Event type	Road running
Distance	Marathon
Established	1987
Course records	Men: 2:06:32; Hicham Laqouahi (2020); Women: 2:24:59; Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi (2022)
Official site	Marrakech Marathon
Participants	1,383 (2020); 1,134 (2019)

The Marrakech Marathon is an annual marathon held in Marrakech, Morocco.^[1] Roughly 5000 runners turn out for the event annually.^[2]

At the inaugural edition of the race in 1987 French runner Jacques Boxberger won the men's race while the women's race was won by a Moroccan 14-year-old Nadia Ouaziz-Colombero – whose win made her one of the youngest ever winners of an international level marathon.^[3]

Past winners[edit]

Key: Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1987	Jacky Boxberger (FRA)	2:14:58	Nadia Ouaziz-Colombero (MAR)	?
2nd	1988	Thomas Hughes (NIR)	2:15:48	Carolyn Naisby (ENG)	2:41:35
3rd	1989	Jean Weijts (BEL)	2:15:49	Janis Klecker (USA)	2:39:19
4th	1990	Jan Huruk (POL)	2:14:29	Martine van de Gehuchte (BEL)	2:42:15
5th	1991	Osmiro Silva (BRA)	2:09:55	Izabela Zatorska (POL)	2:38:05
6th	1992	Mukhamet Nazipov (RUS)	2:12:40	Izabela Zatorska (POL)	2:36:29
7th	1993	Chaham El Maati (MAR)	2:11:55	Tammy Slusser (USA)	2:38:01
8th	1994	Mukhamet Nazipov (RUS)	2:12:05	Adriana Barbu (ROM)	2:29:21
9th	1995	Abdelillah Zerdal (MAR)	2:11:50	Cristina Pomacu (ROM)	2:34:21
10th	1996	Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)	2:09:50	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	2:30:50
11th	1997	Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)	2:09:50	Alina Gherasim (ROM)	2:29:52
—	1998	—		—
12th	1999	Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)	2:08:15	Cristina Costea (ROM)	2:29:53
—	2000	—		—
—	2001	—		—
13th	2002	Kamel Saaidou (MAR)	2:14:56	Ionela Vasile (ROM)	2:45:46
14th	2003	Abdelfattah Aïtzouri (MAR)	2:12:15	Elena Deryabina (RUS)	2:41:55
15th^[4]	2004	Khalid El-Boumlili (MAR)	2:10:49	Hafida Narmouch (MAR)	2:43:11
16th	2005	Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR)	2:15:16	Hafida Narmouch (MAR)	2:40:58
17th	2006	Noureddine Jalel (MAR)	2:14:30	Alina Gherasim (ROM)	2:43:49
18th	2007	Sammy Chumba (KEN)	2:11:43	Alina Gherasim (ROM)	2:39:52
19th	2008	Siyoum Lemma (ETH)	2:10:48	Yeshi Esayias (ETH)	2:35:40
20th	2009	David Rutoh (KEN)	2:10:31	Yeshi Esayias (ETH)	2:29:52
21st^[5]	2010	Yared Dagnaw (ERI)	2:10:20	Tsega Gelaw (ETH)	2:32:09
22nd	2011	Gezahgn Girma (ETH)	2:10:22	Debola Wudnesh (ETH)	2:37:00
23rd	2012	Stephen Tum (KEN)	2:08:51	Soumiya Labani (MAR)	2:34:56
24th	2013	Stephen Tum (KEN)	2:06:35	Gulume Tollesa (ETH)	2:36:05
25th	2014	Deribe Robi (ETH)	2:08:04	Meseret Kitata (ETH)	2:31:08
26th	2015	Workneh Tesfa (ETH)	2:08:51	Worknesh Edesa (ETH)	2:31:06
27th	2016	Moses Mbugua (KEN)	2:11:41	Shasho Insermu (ETH)	2:32:42
28th	2017	Gebretsadik Abraha (ETH)	2:08:55	Ashu Kasim (ETH)	2:30:18
29th	2018	Wycliffe Biwott (KEN)	2:11:04	Tinbit Weldegebriel (ETH)	2:26:48
30th	2019	Fikadu Girma (ETH)	2:08:43	Mulunesh Zewdu (ETH)	2:29:57
31st	2020	Hicham Laqouahi (MAR)	2:06:32	Hawi Alemu (ETH)	2:27:56
32nd	2022	Bonsa Dida (ETH)	2:09:34	Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi (MAR)	2:24:58
33rd^[6]	2023	Kibel Gilbert (KEN)	2:09:48	Kaltoum Bouasarya (MAR)	2:27:22
34th^[7]	2024	Sammy Kitwara (KEN)	2:07:53	Kaoutar Farkoussi (MAR)	2:27:58