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 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 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
 Bronze Abdeljalal Biare 1988 Seoul Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 4 0120 Octobre 1988
 Gold Abdellah Ez Zine 2004 Athens Athletics 800 m T52 0120 September 2004
 Gold Mustapha El Aouzari 2004 Athens Athletics Men's 1500 m T11 0121 September 2004
 Silver Abdelghani Gtaib 2004 Athens Athletics Men's 1500 m T46 0120 September 2004
 Silver Laila El Garaa 2004 Athens Athletics Women's Shot Put F40 0120 September 2004
 Silver Mohamed Dif 2004 Athens Athletics Men's Long Jump F46 0120 September 2004
 Silver Mustapha El Aouzari 2004 Athens Athletics Men's 5000 m T11 0120 September 2004
 Gold Abdelillah Mame 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 1500 m T13 018 September 2008
 Gold Sanaa Benhama 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 100 m T13 018 September 2008
 Gold Sanaa Benhama 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 200 m T13 018 September 2008
 Gold Sanaa Benhama 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 400 m T13 018 September 2008
 Silver Youssef Benibrahim 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's Shot Put F32 018 September 2008
 Bronze Najat El Garaa 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's Discus throw F40 018 September 2008
 Bronze Laila El Garaa 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's Shot put F40 018 September 2008
 Gold Najat El Garaa 2012 London Athletics Women's shot put F40 0131 August 2012
 Gold El Amin Chentouf 2012 London Athletics Men's 5000 m T12 013 September 2012
 Gold Azeddine Nouiri 2012 London Athletics Men's shot put F34 013 September 2012
 Bronze Mohamed Amguoun 2012 London Athletics Men's 400 m T13 012 September 2012
 Bronze Abdelillah Mame 2012 London Athletics Men's 800 m T13 018 September 2012
 Bronze Najat El Garaa 2012 London Athletics Women's Discus F40 013 September 2012
 Gold El Amin Chentouf 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's marathon - T12 0111 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
 Silver Mahdi Afri 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 400 m T12 019 September 2016
 Silver El Amin Chentouf 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 5000 m T13 0115 September 2016
 Bronze Mohamed Lahna 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paratriathlon Men's Paratriathlon PT2 0110 September 2016
 Bronze Mahdi Afri 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 200 m T12 0117 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". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  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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