Salma Elbadra
Moroccan middle-distance runner
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Salma Elbadra (born 12 September 2004) is a Moroccan middle-distance and cross country runner.[1]
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| Nationality | Moroccan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Events | Middle-distance running, Cross country running | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 2:01.76 (Jacksonville, 2025) 1500m: 4:02.63 (Salem, 2026) Mile: 4:27.54 (Boston, 2026) 3000m: 8:41.76 (Boston, 2025) 5000m: 15:51.24 (Lexington, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
In May 2023, Eldara won the women's U23 1500 metres race at the 2023 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat in Rabat.[2]
Elbadra competed as a freshman at the University of Wyoming in 2024.[3] Elbadra qualified for the 2024 NCAA Track and Field National Championships in the 1500 metres, running a time of 4:15.80 in the West Regionals finals in May 2024, before running 4:15.24 in the NCAA semi-final in Eugene, Oregon in June. In doing so, she was the sole female athlete to represent Wyoming at the championship.[4][5] Competing over 800 metres on 8 July 2024, she ran 2:14.82 to win the 2024 Arab U23 Athletics Championships in Ismailia, Egypt, setting a new championship record time whilst representing Morocco.[6]
Having transferred to the University of South Carolina, she won the NCAA Southeast Cross Country Regional over 6 km in November 2025.[7] In December 2025, she won the 3000 metres indoors in Boston, Massachusetts in 8:41.76 ahead of Vera Sjoberg at the Boston University's Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.[8]
Alongside Anass Essayi and Fouad Messaoudi, she was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida.[9] In February 2026, she won the mile run title, running a time of 4:30.72 at the SEC Indoor Championships.[10] That month, she ran an indoor personal best and Moroccan indoor national record for the mile of 4:27.54 at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational.[11]
On 14 March 2026, she placed seventh at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 3000 metres, running 8:49.49.[12] In May, she won the women’s 1500 m in 4:09.80 at the SEC Championships, before running 4:10.62 at the NCAA East Regionals.[13][14] On 13 June, Elbadra ran 4:12.89 to finish second in the 1500 meters at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[15]