Morocco at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	MAR
NPC	Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
in Tokyo August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25) – September 6, 2021 (2021-09-06)
Competitors	37 in 6 sports
Medals	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 11
Summer Paralympics appearances ( overview)
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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

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 Samir Bara Houssam Ghilli Imad Berka Elhabib Ait Bajja Zouhair Snisla Kamal Boughlam Said El-Mselek Ayoub Hadimi Abderrazak Hattab Abdellali Ait Al Hakem	Football 5-a-side	Men's tournament	4 September

Medals by sport

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

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

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

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

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
Abdelhadi El Harti	Men's marathon T46	—			DNF
Abdeslam Hili	Men's 400m T12	48.78 Q SB	1	47.59 WR
Ayoub Sadni	Men's 400m T47	47.82 Q, PB	1	47.38 WR

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

Football 5-a-side

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		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 v t e	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

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Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Powerlifting

Taekwondo

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

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

• Morocco at the Paralympics
• Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References