Yahya Berrabah (
Arabic: يحيى بالرابح, born 13 October 1981 in
Oujda) is a
Moroccanlong jumper. He is a five-time participant at the
World Championships in Athletics (2003–2011) and has twice represented his country at the
Olympic Games. He was the 2008 African Champion in the long jump. His personal best of 8.40 metres is the Moroccan national record.
He broke the
Moroccan national record in
Rabat on 23 May 2009: his jump of 8.38 metres at the
Meeting Mohammed VI d' Athlétisme beat
Younés Moudrik's record which had stood for almost nine years.[1] He improved this to 8.40 m at the
2009 Jeux de la Francophonie in Beirut – a mark which won him the gold medal and a games record. At the IAAF Grand Prix in Zagreb on 31 August 2008 he tested positive for cannabis and was subsequently handed a public reprimand.[2] He performed less well in 2010, failing to pass the eight-metre mark, but cleared 8.37 m in July 2011 in Barcelona. He went on to finish fourth at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics.
Berrabah failed an out-of-competition drug test for EPO in November 2011 and was initially suspended for two years.[3] The ban was later extended to 4 years, ending 5 January 2016.[4]