Algeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Algeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ALG
NPC	Algerian National Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	57 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 29th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 12
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Algeria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

Medallists

Further information: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Cherine Abdellaoui Judo Women's 52 kg 27 August  Gold Skander Djamil Athmani Athletics Men's 400 metres T13 2 September  Gold Safia Djelal Athletics Women's shot put F57 2 September  Gold Asmahan Boudjadar Athletics Women's shot put F33 2 September  Silver Nassima Saifi Athletics Women's discus throw F57 28 August  Silver Skander Djamil Athmani Athletics Men's 100 metres T13 29 August  Silver Abdelkrim Krai Athletics Men's 1500 metres T38 4 September  Silver Kamel Kardjena Athletics Men's shot put F33 4 September  Bronze Hocine Bettir Powerlifting Men's 65 kg 27 August  Bronze Mounia Gasmi Athletics Women's club throw 27 August  Bronze Walid Ferhah Athletics Men's club throw F32 28 August  Bronze Lynda Hamri Athletics Women's long jump T12 29 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 3 4 3 10 Judo 1 0 0 1 Powerlifting 0 0 1 1 Total 4 4 4 12 Medals by day Day Date Total 3 27 August 1 0 2 3 4 28 August 0 1 1 2 5 29 August 0 1 1 2 9 2 September 3 0 0 3 11 4 September 0 2 0 2 Total 4 4 4 12

Competitors

Source: ^[3]

#	Sport	Men	Women	Total	Events
1	Athletics	14	8	22	31
2	Goalball	6	0	6	1
3	Judo	2	1	3	3
4	Powerlifting	2	1	3	3
5	Wheelchair Basketball	12	12	24	2
Total		36	22	58	40

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

22 athlete in 31 events: ^[4]

Number	Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men's Track & Road
1	Skander Djamil Athmani	100m T13	10.59 AR	1 Q	10.54 AR
2		400m T13	47.86 SB	1 Q	46.70 WR
3	Abdellatif Baka	400m T13	Did not start
4		1500m T13	—	3:59.56 SB	8
5	Mohamed Berrahal	100m T51	—	21.94 SB	4
6		200m T51	—	40.04 AR	4
7	Sid Ali Bouzourine	400m T36	—	57.91 AR	6
8	Nacer-Eddine Karfas	Marathon T12	—	2:41:02	11
9	Salah Khelaifia	100m T13	11.48 SB	12	Did not advance
10	Abdelkrim Krai	1500m T38	—	4:03.07
11	Samir Nouioua	1500m T46	—	3:55.56 SB	4
Men's Field
12	Mohamed Nadjib Amchi	Shot put F32	—		9.62	5
13	Lahouari Bahlaz	Shot put F32	—		10.37 SB	4
14		Club throw F32	—		33.06 SB	5
15	Mohamed Berrahal	Discus throw F52	—		12.74	7
16	Walid Ferhah	Club throw F32	—		35.34 AR
17	Kamel Kardjena	Shot put F33	—		11.34 SB
18	Ahmed Mehideb	Shot put F32	—		9.51 SB	7
19		Club throw F32	—		31.34 PB	8
Women's Field
20	Nadjet Boucherf	Club throw F51	—	13.01 PB	5
21	Asmahan Boudjadar	Shot put F33	—	7.10 PR
22	Achoura Boukoufa	Javelin throw F46	—	31.01	8
23	Safia Djelal	Shot put F57	—	11.29 WR,PB
24		Discus throw F57	—	29.47	5
25	Mounia Gasmi	Shot put F32	—	5.42	6
26		Club throw F32	—	23.29
27	Lynda Hamri	Long jump T12	—	5.33 SB
28	Nadia Medjmedj	Shot put F57	—	Did not start
29		Javelin throw F56	—	20.02 SB	4
30	Nassima Saifi	Shot put F57	—	10.29 SB	5
31		Discus throw F57	—	30.81

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Algeria men's and women's team qualified via 2020 IBSA African Championship held in Port Said, Egypt. ^[5]

Women

On Wednesday 21 April 2021 the International Blind Sports Federation received a 'notification of a late withdrawal of one of the women's teams from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games'. ^{[6] [7]} Several days later the International Paralympic Committee announced the withdrawal of the women's team from Algeria, and that Egypt received the slot. ^[8] No reason behind the team's withdrawal was indicated.

Men

The following is the Algeria roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. ^[9]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Samir Belhouchat	B2	(1974-10-20)20 October 1974 (aged 46)
2	Firas Bentria	B1	(1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 34)
3	Imad Eddine Godmane	B1	(1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 30)
4	Omar Mebarki	B2	(1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 27)
5	Djalal Boutadjine	B3	(1994-12-18)18 December 1994 (aged 26)
7	Abdelhalim Larbi	B1	(1984-05-26)26 May 1984 (aged 37)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	4	3	0	1	37	15	+22	9	Quarter-finals
2	Brazil	4	3	0	1	35	17	+18	9
3	United States	4	2	0	2	25	35	−10	6
4	Lithuania	4	1	1	2	24	31	−7	4
5	Algeria	4	0	1	3	20	43	−23	1

Source: TOCOG
(H) Hosts

25 August 2021 13:15	Algeria	4–13	Japan	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
	Belhouchat 3 Larbi 1	Report	Kaneko 7 Miyajiki 3 Sano 2 Yamaguchi 1

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26 August 2021 19:00	Lithuania	7–7	Algeria	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
	Pavliukianec 3 Pazarauskas 3 Zibolis 1	Report	Belhouchat 7

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27 August 2021 20:30	Brazil	10–4	Algeria	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain)
	Moreno 5 Sousa 4 De Melo 1	Report	Belhouchat 4

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29 August 2021 17:30	Algeria	5–13	United States	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	Belhouchat 4 Larbi 1	Report	Young 8 Simpson 3 Walker 2

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Number	Athlete	Event	Rank
Men
1	Ishak Ouldkouider	Men's –60kg	9
2	Abderrahmane Chetouane	Men's –90kg	9
Women
3	Cherine Abdellaoui	Women's –52kg

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Men
Hadj Ahmed Beyour	Men's −49 kg	143 kg	7
Hocine Bettir	Men's −65 kg	192 kg
Women
Samira Guerioua	Women's −45 kg	90 kg	4

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

The men's and women's team qualified after winning the gold medal at the 2020 African Zonal Championship held in Johannesburg, South Africa. ^[10]

Summary

Key:

• ET: After extra time

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / Placing match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Algeria men's	Men's tournament	Great Britain L 43-70	Australia L 37-83	Iran L 47-81	Germany L 50-71	United States L 25-86	6	Did not advance		Colombia L 47-70	12
Algeria women's	Women's tournament	China L 25-74	Netherlands L 18-109	Spain L 8-80	United States L 21-62	—	5	Did not advance		Australia L 32-71	10

Men

The following is the Algeria roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. ^[11]

Algeria men's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster
Players	Coaches
No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts. 4 Oussama Baghradji 24 – (1996-11-05)5 November 1996 1.5 5 Abdennour Benredouane 30 – (1991-08-16)16 August 1991 4.0 6 Ayoub Badrane 27 – (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 2.5 7 Rafik Mansouri 40 – (1980-10-07)7 October 1980 2.0 8 Mostefa Abassi 43 – (1977-09-25)25 September 1977 2.5 9 Nabil Guedoun 44 – (1977-08-04)4 August 1977 4.0 10 Hakim Badache 35 – (1986-08-03)3 August 1986 4.0 11 Samir Ladjadjat 40 – (1981-03-31)31 March 1981 3.5 12 Abderraouf Abbad 34 – (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 1.0 13 Omar Zidi 37 – (1984-01-23)23 January 1984 4.0 14 Abdelkarim Megueddem 35 – (1986-06-04)4 June 1986 3.0 15 Bilel Ayache 40 – (1981-06-02)2 June 1981 3.5	Head coach Mustapha Brahimi Assistant coach(es) Boualem Benazouz Legend Age - describes age on 24 August 2021

Women

The following is the Algeria roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. ^[12]

Algeria women's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster
Players	Coaches
No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts. 4 Nebia Mehimda 36 – (1985-07-31)31 July 1985 3.0 5 Naoual Khedir 34 – (1987-06-13)13 June 1987 4.0 6 Yamina Ghoul 48 – (1972-08-30)30 August 1972 1.5 7 Hafida Belhadef 43 – (1978-03-28)28 March 1978 4.0 8 Fatima Bouzidi 32 – (1988-08-27)27 August 1988 1.0 9 Djamila Khemgani 39 – (1982-01-12)12 January 1982 4.0 11 Dahbia Semati 44 – (1976-09-06)6 September 1976 1.5 12 Kheira Zairi 36 – (1984-09-28)28 September 1984 4.0 13 Zohra Sellami 39 – (1982-03-14)14 March 1982 2.5 14 Samiha Abdelali 33 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 2.5 15 Nourhane Boublal 28 – (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 4.5	Head coach Ahmed Taghiche Assistant coach(es) Youcef Houri Legend Age - describes age on 24 August 2021

See also

• Algeria at the Paralympics
• Algeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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