| Soufiane Bouchikhi | |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Belgium |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 5000 m, 10,000 m |
| Club: | RFCL Athlétisme |
| Coach: | Luk Verlaenen |
| Education: | Eastern Kentucky University[1] |
| Collegeteam: | Eastern Kentucky Colonels |
Soufiane Bouchikhi (born 22 March 1990 in Sint-Niklaas) is a Belgian long-distance runner. He represented his country in the 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships narrowly missing the final. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha he made the 10 000m final and finished 13th. In addition, he won the silver medal in the U23 category at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships.
Bouchikhi is currently serving a two year competition ban set to end on 24 January 2026 due to an anti-doping violation ("Refusal and or Failure to Submit").[2]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 7th | 10,000 m | 31:46.38 | |
| 2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 16th | 5000 m | 14:32.71 | |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 15th | 10,000 m | 14:17.43 | |
| 2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 5th | 10,000 m | 29:24.21 | |
| 4th | Half marathon | 1:06:04 | ||||
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 8th | 10,000 m | 29:03.74 | |
| 28th | Half marathon | 1:05:31 | ||||
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 11th (h) | 5000 m | 13:28.64 | |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 10th | 5000 m | 13:25.22 | |
| 6th | 10,000 m | 28:19.07 | ||||
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 13th | 10,000 m | 28:15.43 | |
Outdoor
York 2019)
Indoor