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'''Khalid Khannouchi''' ({{langx|ar|خالد خنّوشي}}) (born September 12, 1971) is a [[Morocco|Moroccan]]-born American retired [[Long-distance running|long-distance runner]]. He is the former [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] holder for the marathon and held the former road world best for the [[Road running|20 km]] distance. He is one of only five men to break the marathon world record more than once, and one of only five to break their own marathon world record (the others are [[James Peters (athlete)|Jim Peters]], [[Derek Clayton]], [[Eliud Kipchoge]], and [[Haile Gebrselassie]]).

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 coached him and acted as his [[Sports agent|agent]]. They set up home in [[Ossining (town), New York|Ossining]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. He became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the [[United States]] on May 2, 2000.  He first gained broad renown by winning the [[1997 Chicago Marathon]] by over a minute with a time of 2:07.10, breaking the 12-year old course record held by [[Steve Jones (runner)|Steve Jones]].

Khannouchi officially retired on March 27, 2012 due to recurring foot injuries since 2003. Khannouchi stated "It was really my feet that betrayed me. Every time I go and try to push hard, I get the pain and soreness again. I can't train hard and if you can't train at a certain level where you can be competitive it's not worth it to keep wasting time."<ref>[http://www.letsrun.com/2012/khannouchi-retires-0326.php Marathon Great Khalid Khannouchi Officially Retires]</ref>

==Achievements==
* 1993
** [[1993 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]], winner of the men's [[5000 metres]] in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]].
* 1997
** Cobán Half Marathon (Guatemala), winner (1:04:30).
** [[Chicago Marathon]], winner (2:07:10), at that time the fastest debut marathon in history and the fourth fastest marathon of all time.
* 1998
** Chicago Marathon, second place (2:07:19)
** Peachtree Road Race 10k, winner (27:47)
** Falmouth Road Race 7.1 miles, winner (31:48)
** New Haven 20K, winner in a world road record (57:37)
* 1999
** Chicago Marathon, winner in [[Marathon world best progression|world record]] time (2:05:42)
** Peachtree Road Race 10k, winner (27:45)
* 2000
** [[London Marathon]], third place (2:08:36)
** [[Chicago Marathon]], winner in a new American record (2:07:01)
* 2002
** London Marathon, winner in world record time (2:05:38)
** Chicago Marathon, winner (2:05:56), becoming the first man in history to break 2:06 twice in one year
** Ranked as the number #1 marathoner in the world by [[Track & Field News]] and their American Athlete of the Year.
* 2004
** Chicago Marathon, fifth place (2:08:44)
* 2006
** [[London Marathon]], 4th place (2:07:04), coming back from a long period of injury.
* 2007
** [[London Marathon]], did not finish.
** United States Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City, 4th place (2:12:34)[https://web.archive.org/web/20100406052024/http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-239-399--12281-0,00.html]

Khannouchi was the first marathoner to break 2:06:00. However, he lost the world record to [[Paul Tergat]] on September 28, 2003.

==Personal bests==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Event
! Best
! Location
! Date
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| [[5000 metres]]
| 13:44.39
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| 1 January 1992
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| [[10 kilometres run]]
| 27:45
| [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]] [[United States]]
| 4 July 1999
|-
| [[15 kilometres run]]
| 42:57
| [[Utica, New York|Utica]], [[New York (state)|NY]] United States
| 12 July 1998
|-
| [[20 kilometres run]]
| 57:37
| [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut|CT]] United States
| 7 September 1998
|-
| [[Half marathon]]
| 1:00:27
| [[Philadelphia]], PA United States
| 28 September 1997
|-
| [[25 kilometres run]]
| 1:14:13
| [[Chicago]], IL United States
| 10 October 2004
|-
| [[30 kilometres run]]
| 1:29:01
| [[London]], [[England]]
| 14 April 2002
|-
| [[Marathon]]
| 2:05:38
| London, England
| 14 April 2002
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Athletics||name=Khalid Khannouchi}}
* [http://www.all-athletics.com/node/89325 Khalid Khannouchi Profile at All-Athletics.com]

===Audio interview===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070818110217/http://www.thefinalsprint.com/2007/05/podcast-51-pre-healthy-kidney-10k-interview-w-khalid-khannouchi/ TheFinalSprint.com's 5/18/07 interview with Khalid Khannouchi before his NYC racing debut]

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