Adel Mechaal

Adel Mechaal Mechaal (born 5 December 1990) is a middle- and long-distance runner. Born in Morocco, he represents Spain internationally. In the 1500 metres, he placed fourth at the 2017 World Championships, and fifth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Over the 5000 metres, Mechaal won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. He is a three-time European Indoor Championships 3000 metres medallist. He also won two medals for the men's senior races at the European Cross Country Championships.

Mechaal is the Spanish indoor record holder for the 1500 m. He won multiple national outdoor and indoor titles between 2015 and 2023 (1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m).

Mechaal held the European indoor 3000 m record set in February 2022 with a time of 7:30.82 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in New York.

Statistics Personal bests 800 metres – 1:47.69 (Barcelona 2019) 1500 metres – 3:30.77 (Tokyo 2021) 1500 metres indoor – 3:33.28 (Birmingham 2023) 3000 metres – 7:35.28 (Paris 2017) 3000 metres indoor – 7:30.82 (New York 2022) 5000 metres – 13:06.02 (Oslo 2022) 10,000 metres – 27:50.56 (London 2018) Road 10 kilometres – 27:46 (Manchester 2024) Half marathon – 1:02:30 (Gdynia 2020)

International competitions

National titles Spanish Athletics Championships 1500 metres: 2015, 2017, 2021 5000 metres: 2015, 2017 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships 1500 metres: 2015, 2018, 2022 3000 metres: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023