Boughera El Ouafi

French Algerian marathon runner (1903–1959)

Died
1959
Ahmed Boughera El Ouafi was a French Algerian marathon runner who represented France at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, winning gold in the latter. He was largely unacknowledged in his lifetime, facing discrimination in France due to his Algerian origin, but received posthumous recognition.

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