| Ramzi Boukhiam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 September 1993 Agadir, Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Goofy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ramzi Boukhiam (born 14 September 1993 in Agadir) is a Moroccan surfer. He placed 6th overall at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games, earning qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics as the highest-placed African surfer. He competed in the men's shortboard event at the 2020 Olympics, where he was eliminated in the third round by Michel Bourez of France. [1] [2] [3] He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Biography
Boukhiam was born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and a Dutch mother. [4] In his junior career, Boukhiam was twice a medallist at the World Junior Championships, including finishing as runner-up to Gabriel Medina in 2013. [5] [6]
Career
In 2022, he became the first Moroccan to qualify for the World Surf League's (WSL) Championship Tour (CT). [7]
On 3 March 2024, Boukhiam won a silver medal at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games, thus becoming the first Moroccan to ever win a medal in the World Surfing Games. [8]
References
- ^ "Surfing / Ramzi Boukhiam / Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Ramzi Boukhiam Surfer Bio". World Surf League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Meet The Man Who's Got Morocco Dialed In". World Surf League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam wins international championship in Israel". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ "Gabriel Medina and Ella Williams are 2013 ASP World Junior champions". Surfer Today. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Freestone wins World Juniors". ESPN. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Morocco's Ramzi Boukhiam qualifies for world surf league championship tour 2023". The North Africa Post. December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
- ^ "Moroccan Surfer Ramzi Boukhiam Wins Silver at World Surfing Games". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
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