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| Nationality | Moroccan (former) Spanish (current) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou Nafie 30 August 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Half marathon: 1:09:09 (2025) Marathon: 2:24:05 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou Nafie (born 30 August 1993) is a long-distance runner. Born in Morocco, she has competed for Spain since 2022. In 2025, she won the marathon at the European Running Championships in Belgium.[2]
Career
[edit]She started running when she was 20 years-old but worked full-time and could only run when time allowed. She began to focus on athletics more seriously in November 2021, when she began to be coached by Johny Ouriaghli. She set a personal best in the half marathon of 1:10:37 on October 23, 2022, whilst competing in Valencia, Spain.[3]
On April 16, she made her marathon debut and finished in fourth place in the Rotterdam Marathon in a time of 2:26:44, which was the third-fastest Spanish in history after Marta Galimany and Meritxell Soler. She was subsequently selected to compete for Spain in the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[3]
In June 2024, she finished in 14th place in the half marathon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, with a time of 1:11:14. She also won the bronze medal in the team competition at the Championships.[4]
She set a new half marathon personal best of 1:09:09 competing in China, in February 2025.[5] In April 2025, she won the marathon at the 2025 European Running Championships in Leuven, Belgium.[6] She finished ahead of her compatriot Majida Maayouf in a Spanish one-two, and also won a gold medal in the team championships.[7]
Ouhaddou was the leading Spanish finisher in fifth place overall in 2:24:16, at the Seville Marathon in February 2026.[8] On 16 August, she ran 2:30:37 and finished in fifteenth place in the marathon at the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham, which helped Spain win the team bronze medal.[9]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Spain | |||||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | — | Marathon | DNF |
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 13th | Half marathon | 1:11:14 |
| 2025 | European Running Championships | Leuven, Belgium | 1st | Marathon | 2:27:14 |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 24th | Marathon | 2:35:05 | |
| 2026 | European Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 15th | Marathon | 2:30:37 |
Personal life
[edit]She was born in Khemisset, Morocco but moved with her family at the age of eight years-old to Casariche, Seville. She is married to Brahim, they have one daughter. Brahim has acted as her coach. They have lived in Córdoba, Spain since 2015. She had dual nationality for ten years before she received permission from World Athletics to compete as a Spaniard in October 2022.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fatima Azzaharaa Ouhaddou" (PDF).
- ↑ "Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou Nafie". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Fatima Ouhaddou, from funeral home to world marathon runner: "I'd sign up for any race."". Runners World. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ↑ "Grovdal completes gold quest at Roma 2024". European Athletics. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ↑ "Fátima Ouhaddou logra una plaza con España en la media maratón del Europeo y bate el récord andaluz". Diario Cordoba (in Spanish). 26 Feb 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ↑ "European Running Championships 2025: All results, times and standings - full list". olympics.com. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (13 Apr 2025). "Ouhaddou Nafie wins dramatic and historic marathon gold for Spain at Brussels-Leuven 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (15 Feb 2026). "Vainio wins Seville Marathon in a Finnish record of 2:20:39". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "Athletics Women's Marathon: Team Bronze". atletismorfea.es. August 16, 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Khemisset
- Sportspeople from Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
- Moroccan emigrants to Spain
- Moroccan women long-distance runners
- Naturalised citizens of Spain
- Spanish women long-distance runners
- Sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain
- Naturalised competitors in the sport of athletics
- 21st-century Moroccan sportswomen
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen