Abdelillah Gani

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Abdelillah Gani
Personal information
NationalityMoroccan
Born (1987-09-18) 18 September 1987 (age 37) [1]
Sport
Sport Para-athletics
Disability class F53
Event shot put
Medal record
Para-athletics
Representing Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Shot put F53
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Kobe Shot put F53

Abdelillah Gani (born 18 September 1987) is a Moroccan para-athlete specializing in shot put. He represented Morocco at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Gani represented Morocco at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. [1] This was the first time Morocco qualified for the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. [2]

Gani represented Morocco at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the shot put F53 event, with a throw of 8.79 metres. [3] [4]

At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the shot put F53 event with a throw of 9.22 metres. Giga Ochkhikidze originally won gold, however, after an appeal of the national delegation against a false attempt, Gani was upgraded to gold. [5] Ochkhikidze's gold medal was later reinstated following another appeal. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Abdelillah Gani". Paris 2024 Paralympics . Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. "History in the making for Morocco's Men". iwbf.org. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. "Kobe 2024: Leon Schaefer, Sabrine Fortune save their best for last on rainy Sunday". paralympic.org. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. "Iran's Mokhtari takes bronze at 2024 World Para Athletics". The Tehran Times . 19 May 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  5. "Jeux Paralympiques 2024: la médaille d'Abdelillah Gani au lancer du poids (F53) réévaluée en or (2024 Paralympic Games: Abdelillah Gani's shot put medal (F53) upgraded to gold)" (in French). 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  6. "Georgian para athlete's gold medal reinstated following appeal against revocation". agenda.ge. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.