Ezzine, Ali

Ali Ezzine is a Moroccan athlete who specialized in 3000m hurdling. Bronze medalist of the 2000 Olympics with a score of 8.22.15.

Ali Ezzine
general information
Full name	علي الزين
Original name
Date and place of birth	September 3, 1978 ( 1978-09-03 ) (aged 40) Meknes
Citizenship	Morocco
Growth	1.75
Weight	57 kg
IAAF
International medals
Olympic Games Bronze Sydney 2000 3000 meters s / n World Championship Bronze Seville 1999 3000 meters s / n Silver Edmonton 2001 3000 meters s / n

He began his sports career in 1995. This year he took 6th place in the Moroccan championship among schoolchildren. At these competitions he was noticed by one of the physical education trainers, and invited him to study at the Meknes sports club, and he agreed. A year later, he entered the national track and field school in Rabat. His first international competition was the 1996 World Junior Championships, in which he became a bronze medalist.

In 1997, he was taken under his wing by trainer Abdelkader Kada, who was the coach of such famous athletes as Khalid Hannushi and Salah Issu . Since then, he became the winner of many international competitions. At the 2004 Olympics, he took 8th place.

His younger brother Hamid Ezzine is also an athlete.