Adel Mechaal
Full nameAdel Mechaal Mechaal
NationalitySpanish
Birth date5 December 1990 (age 35)[1]
Birth placeEl Jebha, Morocco[2]
SportAthletics
EventMiddle, Long-distance running
ClubNew Balance Team
CountrySpain

Adel Mechaal Mechaal (born 5 December 1990) is a middle- and long-distance runner. Born in Morocco, he represents Spain internationally. In the 1500 metres, he placed fourth at the 2017 World Championships, and fifth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Over the 5000 metres, Mechaal won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. He is a three-time European Indoor Championships 3000 metres medallist. He also won two medals for the men's senior races at the European Cross Country Championships.

Mechaal is the Spanish indoor record holder for the 1500 m. He won multiple national outdoor and indoor titles between 2015 and 2023 (1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m).

Mechaal held the European indoor 3000 m record set in February 2022 with a time of 7:30.82 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in New York.[3]

Statistics

Personal bests

Road

International competitions

2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland11th1500 m3:41.27
World RelaysNassau, Bahamas4th4 × 1500 m relay15:00.69
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland25th1500 m3:47.60
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic6th3000 m i7:49.59
World Cross Country ChampionshipsGuiyang, China68thSenior race38:57
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China37th1500 m3:46.05
European Cross Country ChampionshipsHyères, France3rdSenior race29:51
1stSenior team14 pts
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands2nd5000 m13:40.85
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil33rd (h)1500 m3:48.41
30th (h)5000 m13:34.42
European Cross Country ChampionshipsChia, Italy8thSenior race28:26
2ndSenior team32 pts
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1st3000 m i8:00.60
World Cross Country ChampionshipsKampala, Uganda43rdSenior race30:40
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom4th1500m3:34.71
European Cross Country ChampionshipsŠamorín, Slovakia2ndSenior race29:54
2ndSenior team20 pts
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom5th3000 m i8:16.13
European 10,000m CupLondon, United Kingdom4th10,000 m27:50.56
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany–5000 mDNF
4th10,000 m28:13.78
European Cross Country ChampionshipsTilburg, Netherlands8thSenior race29:20
2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar25th (h)1500 m3:37.95
2020World Half Marathon ChampionshipsGdynia, Poland46thHalf marathon1:02:30
2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland3rd3000 m i7:49.47
Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan5th1500 m3:30.77
2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia7th3000 m i7:43.60
World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States22nd (h)5000 m13:36.48
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany14th5000 m13:35.92
2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey2nd3000 m i7:41.75
World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary9th (sf)1500 m3:33.33
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom6th1500 m i3:37.76
6th3000 m i7:45.67
European ChampionshipsRome, Italy5th1500 m3:33.58
4th5000 m13:22.77
Olympic GamesParis, France27th (rep)1500 m3:42.79

National titles

References

  1. ^ "Adel MECHAAL – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Archived 21 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. ^ "Adel Mechaal – Athlete profile". Spanish Athletics. Archived 26 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. ^ "Mechaal smashes European indoor 3000m record with 7:30.82 in New York". European Athletics. 2022-02-06. Archived 6 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-02-06.