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          Khalid Khannouchi is a Moroccan American Marathoner....

          Khannouchi started as a soccer player, then took up running in Morocco at 16, eventually winning junior Moroccan championships in the 3, and.

        1. Khannouchi started as a soccer player, then took up running in Morocco at 16, eventually winning junior Moroccan championships in the 3, and.
        2. Former marathon world record holder Khalid Khannouchi arrived at the San Diego High School track just after 7p.m.
        3. Khalid Khannouchi is a Moroccan American Marathoner.
        4. Khannouchi was initially drawn to Brooklyn, for its extensive Moroccan population.
        5. Wishing a happy 53rd birthday to Khalid Khannouchi!

          6. Khalid Khannouchi

          Moroccan-born American long-distance runner

          Khalid Khannouchi (Arabic: خالد خنّوشي) (born September 12, 1971) is a Moroccan-born American retired long-distance runner.

          He is the former world record holder for the marathon and held the former road world best for the 20 km distance. He is one of only five men to break the marathon world record more than once, and one of only five to break their own marathon world record (the others are Jim Peters, Derek Clayton, Eliud Kipchoge, and Haile Gebrselassie).

          Khalid fell out with the Moroccan athletics federation over training expenses and moved to Brooklyn, New York City in 1992 with three of his friends. He married American Sandra Inoa in 1996, who coached him and acted as his agent.

          Khalid was a great runner but he has not been at top form for a long time aside from the he ran a few years ago.

          They set up home in Ossining, New York. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 2, 2000. He first gained broad notoriety by winning the 1997 Chicago Marathon by over a minute with a time of 2:07.10, breaking the 12