Kamel Ayari

Kamel Ayari (born 1967/1968) He later lived in New Rochelle, New York.

Career In 2000, Ayari won the Lisbon and Marine Corps Marathons; Later in the year, Ayari won the 2000 New York City Marathon, the first time that the event had held an elite wheelchair race. He overtook handcycle competitor Joe Dowling around from the finish line, near to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dowling had led for the first of the race, and at this event, push-rim wheelchair competitors and handcyclists competed in the same race. That year, he won the Falmouth Road Race. He also won the 2002 Boilermaker Road Race and came third in that year's Twin Cities Marathon. In 2004, he won the Middletown Road Race, and came second at the Twin Cities Marathon. In 2005, he came second in a 10 km race in Fort Williams Park.