Larbi Bourrada

Larbi Bourrada (called sometimes Larbi Bouraâda or Larbi Bouraada; ; born May 10, 1988) is an Algerian decathlon athlete. He is a six-time African champion in decathlon (2008, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2024) and the African record holder in the event. He has also competed in the pole vault, winning the All-Africa Games title in 2011 and two silver medals at the African Championships. In 2012 his doping sample at a competition came back positive for the banned steroid Stanozolol, and he was given a two-year ban from athletics.

Biography As a teenager he won the bronze medal in the decathlon at the 2007 All-Africa Games.

In 2009 he surpassed the 8000 point mark for the first time at a competition in Algeria and qualified for the World Championships in Berlin in the decathlon, where he set a new African record with 8171 points .

At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin, he set a new African record with 8171 points and finished twelfth. He also finished second at the pole vault at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics with a height of 4.60 m behind Hamdi Dhouibi from Tunisia. He was Africa's representative at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in the high jump, pole vault and the long jump. He also set an Algerian record for the indoor heptathlon that year, scoring 5911 points as a guest athlete at the French Championships.

In July 2011 he set a new African record with a total of 8302 points at the Ratingen Combined Event meeting in Germany. He set three personal records in the competition: 100 m (10.61 s), long jump (7.94 m) and discus throw (40.34 m). He finished tenth at the 2011 Athletics World Championships in Daegu with a total of 8158 points, including two personal bests: 13.56 s in the 110 m hurdles and 4.90 m in the pole vault. He was eliminated from the decathlon in the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo after two false starts at the first event (100 m). The games were held two weeks after the world championships and he said that this was not enough time to recover. He entered the individual pole vault event, however, and won with a personal best of 5.00 m.

Returning to the Ratingen meeting in 2012, he again won the competition with an African record score. He set bests in the 100 metres, shot put and javelin throw to lead from start to finish and collect 8332 points. However, his doping sample at the competition came back positive for the banned steroid Stanozolol. Bourrada was disqualified from the event and given a two-year ban from athletics.

Bourrada returned to competition during the 2014 season, winning his third African title in Marrakesh with a personal best and championship record score of 8311 points.

Personal bests Event Performance Place Date 100 m 10.58 Ratingen 14 June 2012 Long jump 7.94 m Ratingen 16 July 2011 Shot put 13.78 m Rio de Janeiro 17 August 2016 High jump 2.10 m Rio de Janeiro 17 August 2016 400 metres 46.69 Alger 11 June 2009 110 m hurdles 14.13 Alger 15 July 2016 Discus throw 42.39 m Rio de Janeiro 18 August 2016 Pole vault 5.00 m Maputo 14 September 2011 Javelin throw 67.68 m Ratingen 15 June 2012 1500 metres 4:12.15 Berlin 20 August 2009 Decathlon 8521 Rio de Janeiro 18 August 2016