Sofia Ennaoui (born 30 August 1995) is a retired Polish middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. She finished fifth in the event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships as the second non-African woman. Ennaoui won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships, and a bronze at the 2022 European Championships. At the European Indoor Championships, she earned bronze in 2017, silver in 2019 and bronze in 2023. She took two individual age-group medals at the European Cross Country Championships.
She was the 2015 and 2017 European Under-23 Championships 1500 m silver medallist. Ennaoui represented her country at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She is the Polish record holder for the 1000 metres both indoors and out, and also holds national U20 record for the 3000 metres. She won 10 Polish titles (mostly over 1500 m).
Personal life Sofia Ennaoui was born to a Moroccan father and a Polish mother and moved to Poland at the age of 2.Prague 2015 bios She is a soldier in the Polish Army; she went through the Polish military's basic training in 2019 which resulted in an injury and her absence from the 2019 World Championships in Doha.
Foot injury meant she was also unable to compete at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Achievements
International competitions 2011World Youth ChampionshipsLille, France33rd (h)800 m2:14.732012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain10th1500 m4:15.232013World Cross Country ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland26thJunior race19:45European Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italy2nd1500 m4:20.20European Cross Country ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia2ndJunior race13:162014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States5th1500 m4:13.06 –3000 mDNF2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic6th3000 m8:56.77World RelaysNassau, Bahamas2nd relay8:11.36 3rdMedley relay10:45.32 European Team Championships Super LeagueCheboksary, Russia1st3000 m9:20.39European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia2nd1500 m4:04.90World ChampionshipsBeijing, China18th (sf)800 m2:00.1117th (sf)1500 m4:16.702016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands7th1500 m4:34.84Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil10th1500 m4:14.72European Cross Country ChampionshipsChia, Italy1stU23 race19:212017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rd1500 m4:06.59European Team Championships Super LeagueLille, France1st3000 m9:01.24European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland2nd1500 m4:13.54World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom13th (sf)1500 m4:05.80DécaNationAngers, France1st800 m2:05.722018World CupLondon, United Kingdom1st1500 m4:07.66European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany2nd1500 m4:03:08Continental CupOstrava, Czech Republic7th1500 m4:22.562019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom2nd1500 m4:09.30European Team Championships Super LeagueBydgoszcz, Poland1st1500 m4:08.372022World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States5th1500 m4:01.43 European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany3rd1500 m4:03.592023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey3rd1500 m4:04.06 World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary36th (h)1500 m4:06.472024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy21st (h)1500 m4:13.71
Personal bests 800 metres – 1:58.98 (Chorzów 2022) 800 metres indoor – 2:00.40 (Toruń 2019) 1000 metres – 2:32.30 (Monaco 2020) 1000 metres indoor – 2:35.69 (Birmingham 2023) 1500 metres – 3:59.70 (Chorzów 2020) 1500 metres indoor – 4:04.06 (Istanbul 2023) Mile – 4:23.34 (London 2018) Mile indoor – 4:30.43 (Stockholm 2016) 3000 metres – 8:59.44 (Sotteville-lès-Rouen 2014) 3000 metres indoor – 8:45.29 (Birmingham 2017)
National titles Polish Athletics Championships 1500 metres: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 Polish Indoor Athletics Championships 1500 metres: 2015, 2018, 2019 3000 metres: 2017
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