Khalid Khannouchi
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Khalid Khannouchi (born December 22, 1971 in Meknes, Morocco) is a marathon athlete who now represents the United States of America.
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 now coaches him and acts as his agent. They have set up home in Ossining, New York.
Achievements
- 1997
- Chicago Marathon winner
- 1998
- Chicago Marathon second place
- 1999
- Chicago Marathon winner in world record time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 42 seconds
- 2000
- London Marathon third place
- 2002
- London Marathon winner in world record of 2:05.38
- Chicago Marathon winner