Abdelkader Zaddem is a retired Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

n long-distance runner

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 who specialized in the 10,000 metres.

He finished eighth at the 1972 Olympic Games

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich was held on 31 August and 3 September. This event featured a qualifying round for the first time since the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp...

. When he won the gold medal at the 1975 Mediterranean Games

1975 Mediterranean Games

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, he also set a championship record of 28:27.0 minutes which stood until 1991. He also won two gold medals at the 1973 Maghreb Championships and one at the 1975 Maghreb Championships. He competed many times at the World Cross Country Championships, with a nineteenth place from 1974

1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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 and a twelfth place from 1975

1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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 as his best results.

His personal best 10,000 metres time was 28.14.8 minutes, achieved at the 1972 Olympics. He also had 13.31.2 minutes in the 5000 metres

5000 metres

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, achieved in June 1976 in Saint-Maur.