Morocco at the Paralympics

Morocco made its Paralympic Games début at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul. It was represented by an all-male team, with five competitors in athletics, three in swimming, and a wheelchair basketball team. Abdeljalal Biare won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle (category 4) in swimming - Morocco's sole medal of the 1988 Games.[1][2]

Morocco at the
Paralympics
IPC codeMAR
NPCRoyal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
Medals
Gold
16
Silver
11
Bronze
11
Total
38
Summer appearances

Morocco has participated in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then, albeit never in the Winter Paralympics. Moroccans have won a total of eleven gold medals (all since 2004), seven silver and eight bronze. Mustapha El Aouzari won gold in the men's 1,500m in athletics in 2004, in the T11 category for totally blind runners. The same year, Abdellah Ez Zine won gold in the men's 800m (T52 category). In 2008, Sanaa Benhama was Morocco's first female Paralympic champion, and the country's most successful Paralympian to date, when she won three gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints, in the T13 category for partially sighted athletes. Abdelillah Mame won the country's other gold medal of the Games, in the men's 800m (T13).[3]

Morocco took part in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, with the Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled using Bedford as the UK base for its Paralympians.[4]

Medals
See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

List of medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event Date
 BronzeAbdeljalal Biare1988 SeoulSwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle 40120 Octobre 1988
 GoldAbdellah Ez Zine2004 AthensAthletics800 m T520120 September 2004
 GoldMustapha El Aouzari2004 AthensAthleticsMen's 1500 m T110121 September 2004
 SilverAbdelghani Gtaib2004 AthensAthleticsMen's 1500 m T460120 September 2004
 SilverLaila El Garaa2004 AthensAthleticsWomen's Shot Put F400120 September 2004
 SilverMohamed Dif2004 AthensAthleticsMen's Long Jump F460120 September 2004
 SilverMustapha El Aouzari2004 AthensAthleticsMen's 5000 m T110120 September 2004
 GoldAbdelillah Mame2008 BeijingAthleticsMen's 1500 m T13018 September 2008
 GoldSanaa Benhama2008 BeijingAthleticsWomen's 100 m T13018 September 2008
 GoldSanaa Benhama2008 BeijingAthleticsWomen's 200 m T13018 September 2008
 GoldSanaa Benhama2008 BeijingAthleticsWomen's 400 m T13018 September 2008
 SilverYoussef Benibrahim2008 BeijingAthleticsMen's Shot Put F32018 September 2008
 BronzeNajat El Garaa2008 BeijingAthleticsWomen's Discus throw F40018 September 2008
 BronzeLaila El Garaa2008 BeijingAthleticsWomen's Shot put F40018 September 2008
 GoldNajat El Garaa2012 LondonAthleticsWomen's shot put F400131 August 2012
 GoldEl Amin Chentouf2012 LondonAthleticsMen's 5000 m T12013 September 2012
 GoldAzeddine Nouiri2012 LondonAthleticsMen's shot put F34013 September 2012
 BronzeMohamed Amguoun2012 LondonAthleticsMen's 400 m T13012 September 2012
 BronzeAbdelillah Mame2012 LondonAthleticsMen's 800 m T13018 September 2012
 BronzeNajat El Garaa2012 LondonAthleticsWomen's Discus F40013 September 2012
 GoldEl Amin Chentouf2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's marathon - T120111 September 2016
 Gold Mohamed Amguoun 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 400 m T13 0115 September 2016
 Gold Azeddine Nouiri 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's shot put F34 0115 September 2016
 SilverMahdi Afri2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's 400 m T12019 September 2016
 Silver El Amin Chentouf 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 5000 m T13 0115 September 2016
 BronzeMohamed Lahna2016 Rio de JaneiroParatriathlonMen's Paratriathlon PT20110 September 2016
 BronzeMahdi Afri2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's 200 m T120117 September 2016
 Gold Abdeslam Hili 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's 400 metres T12 2 September 2021
 Gold Zakariae Derhem 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's shot put F33 4 September 2021
 Gold Ayoub Sadni 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's 400 metres T47 4 September 2021
 Gold El Amin Chentouf 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's marathon - T12 5 September 2021
 Silver Youssra Karim 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's discus throw F41 1 September 2021
 Silver Mohamed Amguoun 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's 400 metres T13 2 September 2021
 Silver Fouzia El Kassioui 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's shot put F33 2 September 2021
 Silver Azeddine Nouiri 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's shot put F34 4 September 2021
 Bronze Saida Amoudi 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's shot put F54 31 August 2021
 Bronze Hayat El Garaa 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's discus throw F41 1 September 2021
 Bronze Morocco men's national football 5-a-side team 2020 Tokyo Football 5-a-side Men's tournament 4 September 2021

Athletes with most medals

The Moroccan athlete who won the most medals in the history of the Paralympic Games is the Paralympian athlete El Amin Chentouf.

Athlete Sport Games Total
El Amin Chentouf Athletics 2012–2020 3 1 0 4
Sanaa Benhama Athletics 2008 3 0 0 3
Azeddine Nouiri Athletics 2012–2020 2 1 0 3
Mohamed Amguoun Athletics 2012–2020 1 1 1 3
Najat El Garaa Athletics 2008–2012 1 0 2 3
Mustapha El Aouzari Athletics 2004 1 1 0 2
Abdelillah Mame Athletics 2008–2012 1 0 1 2
Laila El Garaa Athletics 2004–2008 0 1 1 2
Mahdi Afri Athletics 2016 0 1 1 2
Abdellah Ez Zine Athletics 2004 1 0 0 1
Abdelghani Gtaib Athletics 2004 0 1 0 1
Youssef Benibrahim Athletics 2008 0 1 0 1
Mohamed Dif Athletics 2004 0 1 0 1
Abdeljalal Biare Swimming 1988 0 0 1 1
Mohamed Lahna Triathlon 2016 0 0 1 1

See also

References
  1. Morocco at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. "Para Athletics (Formerly IPC Athletics) News & Events".
  3. Morocco at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  4. "On Your Marks! Bedford Borough to host teams from around the world ahead of London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
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