Mahdi Afri Explained

Mahdi Afri
Birth Date:1996 1, df=yes[1]
Country:Morocco
Sport:Para-athletics
Disability:Vision impairment
Disability Class:T12

Mahdi Afri (born 1 January 1996) is a visually impaired Moroccan Paralympic athlete competing in T12-classification sprinting events.[2] He represented Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won two medals: the silver medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event and the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres T12 event.[2]

At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he won two medals: the gold medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event and the bronze medal in the 100 metres T12 event.

At the 2017 World Championships he won the gold medal in both the men's 200 metres T12 and men's 400 metres T12 events.[3] Two years later, at the 2019 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mahdi Afri. Tokyo 2020. 26 August 2021. 26 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210826221557/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1439553-afri-mahdi.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: Mahdi Afri. paralympic.org. 26 December 2019. International Paralympic Committee.
  3. News: Moroccan breaks own world record to defend 400m title at World Para Athletics Championships. Etchells. Daniel. 21 July 2017. InsideTheGames.biz. 2 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Results - Men's 400m T12 Final . 2 January 2020 . IPC.
  5. News: Dubai 2019: Spectacular Saturday sees seven world records. 9 November 2019. paralympic.org. 2 January 2020.