Adil Bouafif

Adil Bouafif (born 31 December 1978) is a Swedish long distance runner who also competes in marathon. He has competed for Sweden since 2010.

Adil Bouafif

Adil Bouafif in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1978-12-31) 31 December 1978 (age 46) Morocco
Sport
Sport	Runner
Event	Hässelby sportklubb

Career

He came to Sweden from Morocco in 2007 and became a full Swedish citizen in 2010; he has competed for Sweden ever since.^[1][2] Bouafif ran the marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.^[3] He did not complete the race.^[3]

In 2011, he competed in the 3000 meters at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris, France, but was eliminated.^[4]

Bouafif competed in the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[5] He placed thirteenth in 5000 meters and fourteenth in the 10,000 meters.^[5] In April 2012, Adil Bouafif won two gold medals in short and long distance terrain running at the Swedish terrain running championships.^[6]

At the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, Bouafif competed in the 3000 meters, and placed seventh in the final.^[7] In 2014, he became number 530 to be awarded the Stora Grabbars och Tjejers Märke, an honorary award for his achievements in sports.^[8] In August 2014, Adil Bouafif won his fourth gold medal in 10,000 meters at the Swedish national championships.^[9]

He has also competed in Finnkampen.^[10] On 13 August 2014, Bouafif competed in the 10,000 meters at the European Athletics Championships in Zürich, but did not complete the race as he felt pain in his hamstrings.^[11] On 26 September 2014, he tested positive for a banned substance.^[12] In December 2015, he was sentenced to two years suspension from the sports retroactively from 23 September 2014 until 22 September 2016.^[11] And then another two years from that date he was banned from running for the national team.^[11][13] Bouafif came back to the sport in 2017 at the Midnattsloppet.^[14] He claimed to be innocent.^[12]