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