Souhad Ghazouani | |
Birth Date: | 1982 8, df=yes |
Country: | France |
Sport: | Paralympic powerlifting |
Disability: | Paraplegia |
Souhad Ghazouani (born 7 August 1982) is a French powerlifter born with paraplegia. She started lifting weights at age six. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics she won silver and in that same year was made a Knight of the National Order of Merit. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics she won a bronze.[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she won gold at the 67.5 kg. She also has a world record in her discipline.[2] She is also a wheelchair racer.[3]
She won the bronze medal in the women's 73 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4]