Yahya Berrabah is a Moroccan long jumper. He is a five-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics and has twice represented his country at the Olympic Games. He was the 2008 African Champion in the long jump. His personal best of 8.40 metres is the Moroccan national record. He finished seventh at the 2002 African Championships. At the 2006 African Championships he finished eighth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump. He won the gold medal at the 2008 African Championships. He competed at the World Championships 2003, 2005 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 without reaching the final. He broke the Moroccan national record in Rabat on 23 May 2009: his jump of 8.38 metres at the Meeting Mohammed VI d' Athl�tisme beat Youn�s Moudrik's record which had stood for almost nine years. He improved this to 8.40 m at the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie in Beirut ? a mark which won him the gold medal and a games record. He performed less well in 2010, failing to pass the eight-metre mark, but cleared 8.37 m in July 2011 in Barcelona. He went on to finish fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. [More at Wikipedia]

October 13th, 1981 in Oujda (Age 42)