Jaouad Gharib, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jaouad Gharib

Moroccan long-distance runner

Date of Birth: 22-May-1972

Place of Birth: Khenifra, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco

Profession: long-distance runner, athletics competitor, marathon runner

Nationality: Morocco

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jaouad Gharib (Arabic: ???? ?????, born 22 May 1972 in Khenifra) is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon.
Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two.
His 2005 retention made him one of only two successive world championship marathon champions, after Abel Antón.
He was the silver medallist in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.