Morocco at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Morocco competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Morocco at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Morocco
IPC code	MAR
NPC	Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	38 in 5 sports
Flag bearers	Najwa Awane Hicham Lamlas
Medals Ranked 31st	Gold 3 Silver 6 Bronze 6 Total 15
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	9	8	17
Blind football	10	—	10
Cycling	1	0	1
Powerlifting	0	2	2
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Wheelchair tennis	2	2	4
Total	24	14	38

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Moroccan track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdeslam Hili	Men's 400 metres T12	DSQ		Did not advance
Mouncef Bouja	Men's 100 metres T12	11.14	4	Did not advance
	Men's 400 metres T12	48.98	1 Q	48.62
Aymane El Haddaoui	Men's 400 metres T47	47.15	1 Q	46.65
	Men's 100 m T47	10.69	1 Q	10.78
Ayoub Sadni		DSQ		Did not advance
	Men's 400 metres T47	46.98	1 Q	47.16
El Amin Chentouf	Men's Marathon T12	—		2:24:35
Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi	Women's 1500 m T13	—		4:22.98
	Women's Marathon T12	—		2:48:36
Meryem En-Nourhi		—		2:58:18

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Zakariae Derhem	Shot put F33	11.26
Azedine Nouiri	Shot put F34	11.70 AR
Abdelillah Gani	Shot put F53	9.22
Azedine Nouiri	Javelin throw F34	30.30	7
Zakariae Ez Zouhri	Javelin throw F64	58.58	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Fouzia El Kassioui	Shot put F33	7.16 SB	5
Saida Amoudi	Shot put F34	7.80 SB
Oumaima Oubraym	Club throw F32	18.82	11
Youssra Karim	Women's shot put F41	8.77	5
Hayat El Garaa		8.32	7
Youssra Karim	Discus throw F41	36.46
Hayat El Garaa		29.74	4
Norelhouda El Kaoui	Women's discus throw F55	23.42	5
Fouzia El Kassioui	Women's javelin throw F34	15.98 PR	7
Saida Amoudi		14.73	10

Blind football

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

The Moroccan men's blind football team qualified for the paralympic games after winning the 2022 African Championships held in Bouznika.^[1]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Morocco men's	Men's tournament	Argentina D 0–0	Japan W 1–0	Colombia L 0–1	3	—	China L 0–1	6

Team roster

Coach: Driss El Mountaqi

The following is the Morocco squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	GK	Samir Bara	Sighted	(1984-06-29)29 June 1984 (aged 40)
3	DF	Houssam Ghilli	B1	(1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 30)
4	DF	Said El-Mselek	B1	(2000-10-14)14 October 2000 (aged 23)
5	DF	Hicham Lamlas	B1	(1991-09-01)1 September 1991 (aged 32)
6	DF	Elhabib Ait Bajja	B1	(1998-02-24)24 February 1998 (aged 26)
7	FW	Ayoub Hadimi	B1	(1998-12-31)31 December 1998 (aged 25)
8	MF	Mohamed El Hamouchi	B1	(2003-02-18)18 February 2003 (aged 21)
9	FW	Zouhair Snisla	B1	(1999-01-24)24 January 1999 (aged 25)
10	FW	Abderrazak Hattab	B1	(1991-07-11)11 July 1991 (aged 33)
12	GK	Khalid Kermadi	Sighted	(1982-06-27)27 June 1982 (aged 42)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Semi-finals
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	Fifth place match
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	0	3	−3	0	Seventh place match

Source: Paris 2024

1 September 2024

13:30

Morocco	0–0	Argentina
	Report

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,900

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

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2 September 2024

13:30

Japan	0–1	Morocco
	Report	Sasaki 26' (o.g.)

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,790

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

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3 September 2024

11:30

Colombia	1–0	Morocco
Pérez 25'	Report

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,890

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Fifth place match

5 September 2024

13:00

China	1–0	Morocco
Liu 9'	Report

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,979

Referee: Rodolphe-Marc-Pierrick Bonnin (France)

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Morocco sent one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[3]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Haytam El Amraouy	Men's road race C1-3	2:08:15	24
	Men's time trial C1	23:36.52	8

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
		1	2	3	4
Wafae El Azzab	Women's 45 kg	120	105	105	—	100	5
Najat El Garraa	Women's 61 kg	100	123	124	—	124	4

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Morocco entered three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Ayoub Adouich, Rachid Ismaili, and Rajae Akermach, qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of their gold medal results in their respective classes, through the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[4]

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ayoub Adouich	Men's –63 kg	Tokhirov (UZB) W 17–15	Bossolo (ITA) L 4-17	—		Encarnacion (DOM) W 19–13	Torquato (BRA) WWD
Rachid Ismaili	Men's –80 kg	Dombayev (KAZ) L 7-12	Did not advance
Naoual Laarif	Women's –47 kg	Chachibaia (GEO) W 12–11	Romero (MEX) W DSQ	Espinoza (PER) L Withdraw	—		Khudadadi (RPT) L Withdraw	5
Rajae Akermach	Women's +65 kg	Wongsuwan (THA) W 28–4	Truesdale (GBR) L 9–30	—		Rasic (SRB) W 12–0	Menezes (BRA) W 24–15

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Morocco entered one players into the Paralympics by virtue of the gold medal results at the 2023 African Para Games in Accra, Ghana.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lhaj Boukartacha	Men's singles	Ding (CHN) L 1-6, 6-2, 4-6	Did not advance
Said Himam		Ward (GBR) L 3-6, 6-7	Did not advance
Lhaj Boukartacha Said Himam	Men's doubles	—	Bartram / Ward (GBR) L 3-6, 6-3, 5-10	Did not advance
Najwa Awane	Women's singles	—	Zikri (ISR) L 3-6, 2-6	Did not advance
Samira Benichi		—	Chasteau (FRA) L 0-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Najwa Awane Samira Benichi	Women's doubles	—	Guo / Wang (CHN) L 1-6,1-6	Did not advance

See also

• Morocco at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Morocco at the Paralympics