Salah Ameidan (born 1982) is a Saharawi long distance runner.
At the age of 12, he was recruited for the Moroccan running team and sent to Rabat to train.
[1] For ten years he participated in international races under the Moroccan flag.
Immediately after that he sought political asylum in France, as this action would likely have led to imprisonment in Morocco.
[4][5] Ameidan was imprisoned for a short period in 2009 after participating in a demonstration in El Aiun.