Fatima Yvelain
French athletics competitor
Fatima Yvelain, née Maama (born 31 December 1969) is a Moroccan-born French runner. She began as a middle-distance and long-distance runner on the track, later also competing in road running up to the marathon distance.
Track career
She was born in Khemisset.
She finished eighth in the 3000 metres at the 1988 World Junior Championships. At the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie she won the bronze medal in the 800 metres and finished fourth in the 1500 metres. She won silver medals in both events at the 1989 Arab Championships.
Becoming a French citizen,
she took her first French championship title in 1999 in the 5000 metres, followed by participation at the 1999 World Championships and a sixth place at the ISTAF Berlin meet.
2000 was a busy season, starting with a French indoor title and an eighth place at the 2000 European Indoor Championships (both 3000 metres). She among others finished second at the 2000 European 10,000m Challenge, eighth at the Meeting Gaz de France (3000 m), fourth at the 2000 European Cup Super League (1500 m), second and first at the French Championships (1500 and 5000 m), thirteenth at the Weltklasse Zürich and eighth at the Herculis meet (both 3000 m), eighth at the ISTAF (5000 m) and competing at the 2000 Olympic Games (10,000 m) without reaching the final.
Yvelain's third back-to-back French 5000 metres gold came in 2001, as well as a third place at the 2001 European Cup Super League (3000 m) and a fourteenth place at the 2001 World Championships (5000 m).
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