El Guerrouj, Hicham, 1974-

found: Wikipedia, Mar. 9, 2010(Hicham El Guerrouj; b. Sept. 14, 1974, Berkane; Moroccan former middle distance runner)

found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(El Guerrouj,Hicham; track and field athlete, Olympic medalist; born 14 September 1974 in Berkane, Morocco; joined the National Athletics Institute in Rabat, Morocco (1991); member of the Moroccan team that won the IAAF World Road Relay Championships race (1994); won two gold medals, in the 1,500 and 5,000 at the Olympics in Athens in 1997, the only athlete since Finland's Paavo Nurmi in 1924; honors include, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and IAAF athlete of the year (2001-2002), the only middle distance runner to win four consecutive world titles (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003); three consecutive IAAF Golden League prizes (2001, 2002, 2003); the only middle-distance athlete with the winning streak necessary to be entitled to the 50 kilograms of gold jackpot (2000, 2001, 2002), or US {dollar}1 million, and the only one to have it three times in a row (1998-1999, 2003-present)