# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adel-mechaal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:52:47.190Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adel-mechaal"
name: "Adel Mechaal"
slug: "adel-mechaal"
description: "Adel Mechaal Mechaal is a middle- and long-distance runner. Born in Morocco, he represents Spain internationally. In the 1500 metres, he placed fourth at the 2017 World Championships, and fifth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Over the 5000 metres, Mechaal won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. He is a three-time European Indoor Championships 3000 metres medallist. He also won two medals for the men's senior races at the European Cross Country Championships."
tagline: "Spanish middle- and long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adel_Mechaal_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1990-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.5
  momentum:             19.9185667752443
  historical:           13.54982133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/adel.mechaal/"
    handle:    "adel.mechaal"
sources:
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    title: "Адель Мечаль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اديل ميتشال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adel_Mechaal_Mechaal"
    title: "Adel Mechaal Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adel_Mechaal"
    title: "Adel Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adel_Mechaal"
    title: "Adel Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%AC%CE%BB"
    title: "Αντέλ Μεσαάλ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adel_Mechaal"
    title: "Adel Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adel_Mechaal"
    title: "Adel Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "عادل میشال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adel_Mechaal"
    title: "Adel Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adel_Mechaal"
    title: "Adel Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adel_Mechaal"
    title: "Adel Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adel_Mechaal"
    title: "Adel Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adel_Mechaal"
    title: "Adel Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Мешааль, Адель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Adel Mechaal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16210985"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump