Malika Akkaoui Explained

Malika Al-Akkaoui (born 25 December 1987, in Zaida^[1]) is a Moroccan middle-distance runner.^[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 800 metres. At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in the 800 and 1500 m.

She finished 10th in the 1500m at the 2017 World Athletics Championships.^[3] Al-Akkaoui bagged a gold each in the 400 m and the 800 m at the 2011 Pan Arab Games as well as in the 800 m at the 2013 Mediterranean Games.

International competitions

Representing
2004	Arab Youth Championships	Rabat, Morocco	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:10.31
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	31st (h)	800 m	2:10.20
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	3rd	800 m	2:01.01
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	30th (h)	1500 m	4:14.79
	Arab Championships	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:05.15
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:40.58
	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	53.94
			bgcolor=gold	1st	800 m	2:02.42
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.64
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	14th (h)	1500 m	2:04.20
	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	3rd	800 m	1:59.90
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	12th (sf)	800 m	2:00.32
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	bgcolor=gold	1st	800 m	2:00.72
			–	4 × 400 m	DQ
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	16th (sf)	800 m	2:02.29
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:02.61
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.48
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	53.19
			bgcolor=gold	1st	800 m	2:06.97
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.56
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	16th (h)	1500 m	2:06.04
	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	6th	800 m	2:02.63
2015	Arab Championships	Isa Town, Bahrain	bgcolor=gold	1st	800 m	2:05:77
	World Championships	Beijing, China	12th (sf)	800 m	1:59.03
			12th	1500 m	4:16.98
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	10th (h)	800 m	2:04.00
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:00.24
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	27th (h)	800 m	2:00.52
			19th (sf)	1500 m	4:08.55
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	bgcolor=gold	1st	800 m	2:01.04
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	bgcolor=gold	1st	800 m	2:00.71
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	1500 m	4:17.36
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	10th	1500 m	4:05.87
2018	World Indoor Championship	Birmingham, United Kingdom	22nd (h)	1500 m	4:15.09
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	bgcolor=silver	2nd	800 m	2:01.50
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	1500 m	4:13.31
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.91
	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	6th	800 m	2:00.01
			3rd	1500 m	4:14.17
2019	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	bgcolor=gold	1st	1500 m	4:29.10
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:49.85
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	4th	800 m	2:03.78
			4th	1500 m	4:20.64
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	27th (h)	800 m	2:03.40
			20th (sf)	1500 m	4:16.83

Notes and References

1. Malika Akkaoui . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091947/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/malika-akkaoui-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2017-06-13.
2. Web site: Malika Akkaoui . London2012.com . . 31 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825212322/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/akkaoui-malika-1077885/ . 25 August 2012 .
3. Web site: 1500 Metres Result - IAAF World Championships London 2017 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170808075150/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/women/1500-metres/final/result. 2017-08-08. IAAF.org . International Association of Athletics Federations.