Hassan Chahdi Explained

Sidi-Hassan Chahdi (born 7 May 1989) is a French long-distance runner who competes mainly in cross country running competitions.

Born in Cluses,^[1] he has represented France four times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, twice as a junior and twice as a senior athlete (2011 and 2015).^[2]

He has competed seven times consecutively at the European Cross Country Championships from 2007 to 2013. During this period he was part of the gold medal-winning French teams 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011, gathering honours at junior, under-23 and senior level in the process. Individually, he was a junior bronze medallist in 2008, under-23 runner-up in 2009, under-23 champion in 2010, and then won his first senior medal (a silver) in 2012.^[1]

In 2018, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.^[3] He did not finish his race.^[3]

Personal life

Born in France, Chahdi is of Moroccan descent.^[4]

International competitions

2007	World Cross Country Championships	Mombasa, Kenya	61st	Junior race	27:20
	European Cross Country Championships	Toro, Spain	8th	Junior race	20:25
			bgcolor=gold	1st	Junior team	29 pts
2008	World Cross Country Championships	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	23rd	Junior race	24:04
			11th	Junior team	248 pts
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	10th	5000 m	13:51.45
	European Cross Country Championships	Brussels, Belgium	3rd	Junior race	18:49
			bgcolor=gold	1st	Junior team	50 pts
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	16th	5000 m	14:21.76
	European Cross Country Championships	Dublin, Ireland	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Under-23 race	25:17
			bgcolor=gold	1st	Under-23 team	31 pts
2010	European Cross Country Championships	Albufeira, Portugal	bgcolor=gold	1st	Under-23 race	24:11
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	Under-23 team	78 pts
2011	World Cross Country Championships	Punta Umbría, Spain	23rd	Senior race	35:35
	European Cross Country Championships	Velenje, Slovenia	4th	Senior race	29:22
			bgcolor=gold	1st	Senior team	34 pts
2012	European Cross Country Championships	Szentendre, Hungary	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Senior race	30:11
			4th	Senior team	86 pts
2013	European Cross Country Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	5th	Senior race	29:40
			4th	Senior team	66 pts
2015	World Cross Country Championships	Guiyang, China	—	Senior race
2021	Olympic Games	Sapporo, Japan	45th	Marathon	2:18:40
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	17th	Marathon	2:09:20
2023	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	8th	Marathon	2:09:46
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th	Marathon	2:10:45

Notes and References

1. http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=465349504455514851485049 Hassan Chahdi
2. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/france/sidi-hassan-chahdi-231378 Sidi-Hassan Chahdi
3. Web site: 2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon – Final results . 10 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180814001842/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM099101_C73K.pdf . 14 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
4. Web site: Le Matin - Le Marocain Hassan Chahdi récompensé. Hajjar El Haïti, LE. MATIN. Le Matin.