Rachid El Morabity is a
Moroccanathlete born 3 March 1982 in
Zagora. He is a specialist of ultra-trail, and has won the
Marathon des Sables 9 times (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,[1][2] 2019, 2021 and 2022). He was also ranked 2nd overall in the OCC in August 2016[3] and came 2nd in the UT4M 90 in August 2015.
Morabity's family farms watermelons.[6] His younger brother, Mohamed, is also an ultramarathon runner and has placed several times in Marathon des Sables.[7]
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