Fouad Elkaam

{{short description|Moroccan middle-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Fouad Elkaam | image = Fouad Elkaam Rio2016b.jpg | caption = Elkaam at the 2016 Olympics | birth_name = | fullname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|5|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = 188 cm<ref name=rio>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/fouad-elkaam |title=Fouad Elkaam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826091249/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/fouad-elkaam |archive-date=26 August 2016 |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=[[Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games]]}}</ref> | weight = 70 kg | country = Morocco | sport = [[Track and field]] | event = [[1500 metres]] | coach = Ahmed Ettanani, Abdellah Boukraa, Lahlou Benyounes, Mohamed Nouami<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=elkaam-fouad-1149669/index.html |title=Fouad Elkaam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919153149/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=elkaam-fouad-1149669/index.html |archive-date=19 September 2016 |website=nbcolympics.com}}</ref> | olympics = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{MAR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2016 African Championships in Athletics|2016 Durban]]|[[2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}} }}

'''Fouad Elkaam''' (born 27 May 1988), also known as '''Fouad El Kaam''', is a Moroccan [[Middle-distance running|middle-distance runner]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/morocco/fouad-elkaam-208872 |title=Fouad El Kaam |publisher=IAAF |date=30 August 2015 |accessdate=30 August 2015 |archive-date=8 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408061305/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/morocco/fouad-elkaam-208872 |url-status=live }}</ref> He competed in the 1500 m event at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|2015 World Championships]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-1500-M-h----.RS4.pdf?v=1932827148 |title=Heats results |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002085927/http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-1500-M-h----.RS4.pdf?v=1932827148 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |website=iaaf.org}}</ref> and [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|2016 Olympics]]. Elkaam tested positive for the stimulant [[methylhexaneamine]] in June 2011 and was subsequently handed a 6-month ban from sports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atf.php?Sex=1&ID=71144 |title=Fouad El Kaam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204631/http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atf.php?Sex=1&ID=71144 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |work=Tilastopaja}}</ref><ref name= "IAAF Newsletter 2011">{{cite web| url= http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=442a8232-68da-4a14-90bb-0866a6daa620.pdf&urlslug=2011| title= IAAF News 2011, Issue 119-128| website= iaaf.org| publisher= IAAF| access-date= 3 September 2015| archive-date= 8 February 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130208235034/http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=442a8232-68da-4a14-90bb-0866a6daa620.pdf&urlslug=2011| url-status= live}}</ref> He later won the gold medal in the [[2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m event]] at the [[2016 African Championships in Athletics|2016 African Championships]].

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Fouad Elkaam}} * {{World Athletics}} * {{Diamond League}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile}} * {{CNOM profile}}

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