2014 European Athletics Championships
The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12 and 17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954.
2014 European Athletics Championships
Dafne Schippers won the women's 100 and 200 metres
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is a retired French professional middle-distance runner of Algerian descent who mainly competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is the only man to win three Olympic steeplechase medals, claiming silver in 2008 and 2012 and bronze in 2016. He also won two bronze medals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2011 and 2013. Mekhissi-Benabbad earned titles at five consecutive editions of the European Athletics Championships between 2010 and 2018.
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad in 2012
Mekhissi-Benabbad (far left) at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow
Mekhissi-Benabbad at the 2013 French Athletics Championships in Paris