Morocco at the 2020 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:MAR
Npcname:Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2020
Flagcaption:Flag of Morocco
Location:Tokyo
Competitors:37
Sports:6
Gold:4
Silver:4
Bronze:3
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1988

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.

Medalists

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Athletics44210
Football 5-a-side0011
Total44311

Medals by date

Medals by date
DayDateTotal
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70011
80112
91203
100000
112114
121001
Total44311

Medals by gender

Medals by gender(Comparison graphs)
GenderTotalPercentage
Female022436.4%
Male421763.6%
Mixed00000.0%
Total 4 4 3 11100%

Competitors

Source:[1]

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
10 7 18
10 0 10
1 0 1
0 3 3
1 2 3
1 1 2
Total 23 13 36

Athletics

See 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
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Mahdi AfriMen's 400m T1248.53 248.934
El Amin ChentoufMen's marathon T122:21:43
Abdelhadi El HartiMen's marathon T46
Abdeslam HiliMen's 400m T1248.78 147.59
Ayoub SadniMen's 400m T4747.82, 147.38
Women's track
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Meryem An-NourhiWomen's marathon T12
Fatima Ezzahra El IdrissiWomen's 1500m T134:51.99 1
Women's field
AthleteEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
Saida AmoudiWomen's shot put F34
Hayat El GaraaWomen's discus throw F41
Fouzia El KassiouiWomen's shot put F33
Youssra KarimWomen's discus throw F41
Women's shot put F41

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Football 5-a-side

See main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Morocco have qualified after winning the 2019 Africa Regional Championships held in Enugu, Nigeria.[3]

Group stage--------
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Taekwondo

See 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.

AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rachid Ismaili AlaouiMen's +75 kg
Soukaina Es-SabbarWomen's –49 kg
Fajar AkermachWomen's +58 kg

Tennis

See 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.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lhaj BoukartachaMen's singles
W 7–5, 6–1

L 0–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Najwa AwaneWomen's singles
L 1–6, 2–6
Did not advance

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NPC Entries - Team Morocco | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. https://web.archive.org/web/20210827024722/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/npc-entries-morocco.htm . 2021-08-27.
  2. Web site: World marathon titles at stake in London. 27 April 2019. International Paralympic Committee.
  3. Web site: Morocco retains African title and qualified for Tokyo 2020. 2 December 2019. ibsasport.org. International Blind Sports Federation.