Mahdi Afri

Mahdi Afri (born 1 January 1996) is a visually impaired Moroccan Paralympic athlete competing in T12-classification sprinting events.[2] He represented Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won two medals: the silver medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event and the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres T12 event.[2]

Mahdi Afri
Personal information
Born (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996[1]
Sport
CountryMorocco
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityVision impairment
Disability classT12
Event(s)
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m T12
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m T12
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 200 m T12
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 400 m T12
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai 400 m T12
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 400 m T12
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Baku 100 m T12

At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he won two medals: the gold medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event and the bronze medal in the 100 metres T12 event.

At the 2017 World Championships he won the gold medal in both the men's 200 metres T12 and men's 400 metres T12 events.[3] Two years later, at the 2019 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event.[4][5]

References
  1. "Mahdi Afri". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. "Mahdi Afri". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. Etchells, Daniel (21 July 2017). "Moroccan breaks own world record to defend 400m title at World Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. "Results - Men's 400m T12 Final". IPC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. "Dubai 2019: Spectacular Saturday sees seven world records". paralympic.org. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.


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