Hicham Bouaouiche

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHicham•Bouaouiche
Used nameHicham•Bouaouiche
Original nameهشام•بوعويش
Born16 June 1974
Measurements174 cm / 63 kg
NOC Morocco

Biography

Hicham Bouaouiche was a steeplechaser who finished 11th at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was also fifth at the 1997 World Championships, and 11th in the 1997 Grand Prix Final. Bouaouiche finished ninth individually at the 1998 World Cross-Country Championships, but won a silver medal with the Moroccan team. He won a silver medal in steeplechase at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.

In 2004 Bouaouiche was sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a policeman in France during a robbery gone wrong in December 2000.

Personal Best: 3000S – 8:10.10 (1998).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1996 Summer Olympics Athletics MAR Hicham Bouaouiche
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men (Olympic) 11

Special Notes