What is Nouria Mérah-Benida?
'''Nouria Mérah-Benida''' (born October 19, 1970 in [[Algiers]]) is an [[Algeria]]n middle distance runner. At the 1999 [[All-Africa Games]] in [[Johannesburg]] Mérah-Benida won silver medals in both [[800 metres]] and [[1500 metres]]. At the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]] she won the gold medal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/athletics-track/949828.stm |title=Holmes fades in 1500m |accessdate=2007-07-18 |format= |work= BBC News | date=September 30, 2000}}</ref> In 2000 she also won an 800 m silver medal and a 1500 m gold medal at the [[African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Merah-Benida, Nouria}} [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Algeria]] [[Category:Middle-distance runners]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Algiers]]