Yassine Bensghir (Arabic: ياسين بنصغير; born 3 January 1983) is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Rabat.
His personal best time over the distance is 3:33.04 minutes, achieved in July 2007 in Monaco.
The IAAF announced in July 2016 that Bensghir had been banned from competition for 4 years after abnormalities had been detected in his biological passport.IAAF: Doping sanctions - News 175, 28 July 2016] His results from 7 June 2014 onwards were annulled. The ban ends 11 April 2020.
Competition record Representing 2001African Junior ChampionshipsRéduit, Mauritius7th1500 m3:51.622002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica 1st1500 m3:40.722004African ChampionshipsBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo9th (h)800 m1:50.00 3rd1500 m3:41.492005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland12th1500 m3:50.19Jeux de la FrancophonieNiamey, Niger 1st800 m1:47.11 1st1500 m3:46.582006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia8th1500 m3:47.202007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan22nd (sf)800 m1:48.042008Olympic GamesBeijing, China19th (h)800 m1:46.882013Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey 2nd1500 m3:36.422014 African ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco6th (DQ)1500 m3:44.00 (DQ)2015World Championships Beijing, China21st (sf)(DQ)1500 m3:44.95 (DQ)
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