Nationality French | ||
Born 12 September 1967 (age 49) ( 1967-09-12 ) Beni-Tell (Maroc) Events Long-distance running, Cross country running | ||
Rakiya Maraoui Quétier (born September 12, 1967 at Beni-Tell in Morocco) is a French athlete , who specializes in the distance races and cross-country.
Rakiya distinguished herself at the 1999 Cross Country European Championships winning, under the team classification, the European title at Velenje Slovenia, alongside Fatima Yvelain and Fatima Hzzami.
In 2001 she won the team bronze medal at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships at Vilamoura Portugal, alongside Light-Fatima Yvelain, Yamna Oubouhou-Belkacem and Blandine Bitzner-Ducret. The following year, at the World Cross Country Championships at Ostend, she won another team bronze medal, alongside Oubouhou Yamna-Belkacem, Rodica Nagel and Zahia Dahmani.
In 2003, she finished third at the Paris Half Marathon, and fifth in the Paris Marathon and placed 21st at the marathon of the World Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis. In the marathon of the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, she did not finish.
Nationally, she won the title of champion of France in the 10 000 m in 2000, in Cross-country in 2000 and 2001 (long race) and in the marathon in 1999.