What is Hassiba Boulmerka?
{{MedalTableTop|medals= {{Medal|Sport | Women's [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]]}} {{Medal|Country | {{ALG}} }} {{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{Medal|Gold | [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}} {{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}} {{Medal|Gold |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]]|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}} {{Medal|Gold |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]]|1500 m}} {{Medal|Bronze |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}} {{Medal|Competition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}} {{Medal|Gold | [[1991 Mediterranean Games|1991 Athens]] | 800 m}} {{Medal|Gold | [[1991 Mediterranean Games|1991 Athens]] | 1500 m}} {{Medal|Gold | [[1993 Mediterranean Games|1993 Narbonne]] | 800 m}} }} '''Hassiba Boulmerka''' (born 10 July 1968 in [[Constantine, Algeria]]) is a former [[Algeria]]n [[Middle distance track event|middle distance athlete]]. Boulmerka started running seriously at the age of ten.<ref name=BBC/> She focused on the [[800 metres|800]] and [[1500 metres]]. She was successful in national and regional races. Her first major international tournament was the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]]. She was eliminated in the preliminary heat of both the 800 and 1500&nbsp;m. The first major race she won was the 800&nbsp;m. at the ''Golden Gala'' race in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. A month later, she was at the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]. She won the 1500&nbsp;m. [[Islam|Muslim]] groups in Algeria did not like her. They thought she showed too much of her body when racing. Boulmerka received [[death threat]]s.<ref name=BBC>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16962799 Hassiba Boulmerka: Defying death threats to win gold], BBC, 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-02-11.</ref> She had