Yassine Bensghir (born 3 January 1983) is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Rabat. His personal best time over the distance is 3:33.04 minutes, achieved in July 2007 in Monaco. The IAAF announced in July 2016 that Bensghir had been banned from competition for 4 years after abnormalities had been detected in his biological passport. His results from 7 June 2014 onwards were annulled. The ban ends 11 April 2020. Competition record References External links 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Rabat Moroccan male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Morocco Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Morocco Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Morocco Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Doping cases in athletics Moroccan sportspeople in doping cases Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Moroccan people 21st-century Moroccan people