Larbi Bourrada
Larbi Bourrada at the 2023 Arab Games.
Personal information
BornMay 10, 1988 (1988-05-10) (age 35)
Rouiba
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Country Algeria
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon
Medal record
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place2011 MaputoPole vault
Gold medal – first place2019 RabatDecathlon
Bronze medal – third place2007 AlgiersDecathlon
Bronze medal – third place2019 RabatPole vault
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 Addis AbabaDecathlon
Gold medal – first place2010 NairobiDecathlon
Gold medal – first place2014 MarrakechDecathlon
Gold medal – first place2018 AsabaDecathlon
Gold medal – first place2022 Saint PierreDecathlon
Silver medal – second place2008 Addis AbabaPole vault
Silver medal – second place2010 NairobiPole vault

Larbi Bourrada (called sometimes Larbi Bouraâda or Larbi Bouraada, born May 10, 1988, in Rouiba) is an Algerian decathlon athlete. He is the four-time African champion (2008, 2010, 2014 and 2018) and the African record holder in the event. He has also competed in the pole vault, winning the All-Africa Games title in 2011 and two silver medals at the African Championships. In 2012 his doping sample at a competition came back positive for the banned steroid Stanozolol, and he was given a two-year ban from athletics.

Biography

As a teenager he won the bronze medal in the decathlon at the 2007 All-Africa Games.[1] He has been the African record in the decathlon since his performance of 8171 points at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin. He also finished second at the pole vault at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics with a height of 4.60 m behind Hamdi Dhouibi from Tunisia.[2] He was Africa's representative at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in the high jump, pole vault and the long jump.[3] He also set an Algerian record for the indoor heptathlon that year, scoring 5911 points as a guest athlete at the French Championships.[4]

In July 2011 he set a new African record with a total of 8302 points at the Ratingen Combined Event meeting in Germany. He set three personal records in the competition: 100 m (10.61 s), long jump (7.94 m) and discus throw (40.34 m). He finished tenth at the 2011 Athletics World Championships in Daegu with a total of 8158 points, including two personal bests: 13.56 s in the 110 m hurdles and 4.90 m in the pole vault. He was eliminated from the decathlon in the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo after two false starts at the first event (100 m). The games were held two weeks after the world championships and he said that this was not enough time to recover. He entered the individual pole vault event, however, and won with a personal best of 5.00 m.[5]

Returning to the Ratingen meeting in 2012, he again won the competition with an African record score. He set bests in the 100 metres, shot put and javelin throw to lead from start to finish and collect 8332 points.[6] However, his doping sample at the competition came back positive for the banned steroid Stanozolol.[7] Bourrada was disqualified from the event and given a two-year ban from athletics.[8]

Bourrada returned to competition during the 2014 season, winning his third African title in Marrakech with a personal best and championship record score of 8311 points.[9]

Personal bests

Event Performance Place Date
100 m10.58Ratingen14 June 2012
Long jump7.94 mRatingen16 July 2011
Shot put13.78 mRio de Janeiro17 August 2016
High jump2.10 mRio de Janeiro17 August 2016
400 metres46.69Alger11 June 2009
110 m hurdles14.13Alger15 July 2016
Discus throw42.39 mRio de Janeiro18 August 2016
Pole vault5.00 mMaputo14 September 2011
Javelin throw67.68 mRatingen15 June 2012
1500 metres4:12.15Berlin20 August 2009
Decathlon8521Rio de Janeiro18 August 2016

References

  1. ↑ 2007 All-Africa Games, July 18-22, Algiers. Africa Athle. Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
  2. ↑ Article, "The Running Tribe," by Bryan Green, Oct. 6, 2009 Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Results by Event Archived 2010-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-05.
  4. ↑ "Heptathlon Results". ww.bases.athle.com. 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  5. ↑ All-Africa Games - Jeux Africains, Maputo (Mozambique) 11-15/9. Africa Athle. Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
  6. ↑ Wenig, Jörg (2012-06-16). Bourrada breaks African record in Ratingen, Day 2 - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
  7. ↑ Les Algériens Larbi Bouraada et Zahra Bouras contrôlés positifs Archived 2014-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. APA (2012-06-27). Retrieved on 2012-06-27.
  8. ↑ Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 21.05.14. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  9. ↑ Mulkeen, Jon (2014-08-11).More gold medals and records for Okagbare and Bourrada at African championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-15.
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