Azeddine Nouiri | |
Nationality: | Moroccan |
Residence: | Safi, Morocco[1] |
Birth Date: | 21 July 1986 |
Birth Place: | Casablanca, Morocco |
Height: | 189cm (74inches) |
Country: | Morocco |
Sport: | Paralympic athletics |
Event: | Shot put, javelin throw |
Club: | Club Sportif de l'Association d'Aide des handicapés du Sud du Maroc[2] |
Disability Class: | F34 |
Azeddine Nouiri (born 21 July 1986) is a Moroccan wheelchair athlete who competes in throwing events. He won the F34 classification shot put competition at the 2012[2] and 2016 Paralympics, setting a world record at 13.10 metres in 2012. In the javelin throw he finished tenth and seventh, respectively.[3] He served as the flag bearer for Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations.[1]
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Nouiri placed fourth in the shot put and lost his world record to Scott Jones.[4]