Mohamed Koussi

Biography Koussi represents Morocco internationally, but he has variously competed at the Moroccan Athletics Championships and French Athletics Championships since 2013, though he has only competed at the Moroccan championships since 2018.

He achieved his first international championship experience at the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships, winning the 110 m hurdles gold medal into a significant -3.6 m/s headwind.

The following year, Koussi broke the Moroccan national record in the 60 metres hurdles indoors, with a 7.99 clocking in the heats of the Eaubonne, France regional U23 championships.

Koussi improved his Moroccan record in the 60 m hurdles a further six times in 2016, the first four times bringing it down to 7.91 in Eaubonne through 13 February. The final two improvements came in Reims, France at the Meeting National En Salle De Reims, to 7.85 and then 7.82 in the finals for 4th place.

In 2018 at the Meeting National en Salle des Sacres, Koussi made his final improvement of the Moroccan 60 m hurdles record, with a 7.69 personal best in the heats. Outdoors, Koussi qualified for the finals and finished 7th at the Mediterranean Games. At the following 2018 African Championships in Athletics, Koussi finished 5th in his heat and did not qualify for the finals.

Koussi's next personal best and national record came in 2021, with a 13.57-second 110 m hurdles performance to win the 10th Meeting Fédéral in Rabat followed by a bronze medal at the 2021 Arab Athletics Championships. After not recording any performances in 2022, he would further improve this to 13.49 at the 2023 Meeting National à Thème Bonneuil-sur-Marne. However, due to a phototimer malfunction, the result was not validated as a Moroccan record, leaving the 13.57 performance to stand. He finished his 2023 season with a silver medal at the 2023 Arab Athletics Championships, improving upon his bronze from two years ago.

Statistics

Best performances Event Mark Place Competition Venue Date Ref 110 metres hurdles 13.57 1st Meeting Fédéral Rabat, Morocco 11 April 2021 60 metres hurdles 7.69 Meeting National en Salle des Sacres Reims, France 31 January 2018