Ku sii wad qodobkan - Jaouad Gharib wuxuu ku dhashay Khenifra, Atlas Dhexe waalidkiis oo Berber ah laakiin wuxuu noqday agoon. Ciyaartii uu jeclaa carruurnimadiisii waxay ahayd kubadda cagta, ilaa 1992-kii, markii uu telefishanka toos uga daawaday Marathon-ka Marrakech, wuxuu bilaabay inuu xiiseeyo ciyaaraha fudud. Awooddiisa orodka masaafada dheer ayaa si dhakhso leh u muuqatay markii uu ku guuleystay tartamada ilaalada Boqortooyada Morocco iyo sidoo kale tartamada kale ee heer qaran. Gharib wuxuu sameeyay tartankiisii ugu horreeyay ee caalami ah 2001, isagoo kaalinta sagaalaad ka galay 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
iyo kow iyo tobnaad ee 10,000 mitir ee 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Wuxuu ku guuleystay billad dahab ah oo ku saabsan wadada ciyaaraha ee 2001 Mediterranean Games. Ciyaartoydii hore ee Aziz Daouda iyo Brahim Boutayeb ayaa ku qanciyay Gharib inuu diirada saaro tartamada wadada dheer, isagoo dareemaya awoodiisa masaafooyin dheeri ah.