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]

Morocco at the
Paralympics
IPC codeMAR
NPCRoyal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
Medals
Gold
11
Silver
7
Bronze
8
Total
26
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).[2]

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.[3]

Medal tables
See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1988 Seoul14001148
1992 Barcelona50000–
1996 Atlanta40000–
2000 Sydney70000–
2004 Athens10240642
2008 Beijing18412732
2012 London31303637
2016 Rio de Janeiro26222639
Total11782774

Medals by Summer sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics117624
Swimming0011
Triathlon0011
Totals (3 sports)117826

List of medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event Date
 BronzeAbdeljalal Biare 1988 SeoulSwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle 40120 Octobre 1988
 GoldAbdellah Ez Zine 2004 AthensAthletics800 m T520120 September 2004
 GoldMustapha El Aouzari 2004 AthensAthleticsMen's 1500 m T110121 September 2004
 SilverAbdelghani Gtaib 2004 AthensAthleticsMen's 1500 m T460120 September 2004
 SilverLaila El Garaa 2004 AthensAthleticsWomen's Shot Put F400120 September 2004
 SilverMohamed Dif 2004 AthensAthleticsMen's Long Jump F460120 September 2004
 SilverMustapha El Aouzari 2004 AthensAthleticsMen's 5000 m T110120 September 2004
 GoldAbdelillah Mame 2008 BeijingAthleticsMen's 1500 m T13018 September 2008
 GoldSanaa Benhama 2008 BeijingAthleticsWomen's 100 m T13018 September 2008
 GoldSanaa Benhama 2008 BeijingAthleticsWomen's 200 m T13018 September 2008
 GoldSanaa Benhama 2008 BeijingAthleticsWomen's 400 m T13018 September 2008
 SilverYoussef Benibrahim 2008 BeijingAthleticsMen's Shot Put F32018 September 2008
 BronzeNajat El Garaa 2008 BeijingAthleticsWomen's Discus throw F40018 September 2008
 BronzeLaila El Garaa 2008 BeijingAthleticsWomen's Shot put F40018 September 2008
 GoldNajat El Garaa 2012 LondonAthleticsWomen's shot put F400131 August 2012
 GoldEl Amin Chentouf 2012 LondonAthleticsMen's 5000 m T12013 September 2012
 GoldAzeddine Nouiri 2012 LondonAthleticsMen's shot put F34013 September 2012
 BronzeMohamed Amguoun 2012 LondonAthleticsMen's 400 m T13012 September 2012
 BronzeAbdelillah Mame 2012 LondonAthleticsMen's 800 m T13018 September 2012
 BronzeNajat El Garaa 2012 LondonAthleticsWomen's Discus F40013 September 2012
 GoldAzeddine Nouiri 2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's shot put F340111 September 2016
 SilverMahdi Afri 2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's 400 m T12019 September 2016
 BronzeMohamed Lahna 2016 Rio de JaneiroParatriathlonMen's Paratriathlon PT20110 September 2016
 SilverEl Amin Chentouf 2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's 5000 m T120115 September 2016
 GoldMohamed Amguoun 2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's 400 m T130115 September 2016
 BronzeMahdi Afri 2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's 200 m T120117 September 2016

Athletes with most medals

The Moroccan athlete who won the most medals in the history of the Paralympic Games, is the Paralympian athlete Sanaa Benhama.

Athlete Sport Games Total
Sanaa Benhama Athletics 2008 3 0 0 3
Najat El Garaa Athletics 2008–2012 1 0 2 3
Azeddine Nouiri Athletics 2012–2016 2 0 0 2
Mustapha El Aouzari Athletics 2004 1 1 0 2
El Amin Chentouf Athletics 2012–2016 1 1 0 2
Abdelillah Mame Athletics–2012 2008–2012 1 0 1 2
Mohamed Amguoun Athletics 2012–2016 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

References
  1. Morocco at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. Morocco at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-08-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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