Mahdi Afri

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Mahdi Afri
Personal information
Born (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 27) [1]
Sport
CountryMorocco
Sport Para-athletics
DisabilityVision impairment
Disability class T12
Event(s)
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m T12
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m T12
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 London 200 m T12
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 London 400 m T12
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Dubai 400 m T12
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Baku 400 m T12
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Baku 100 m T12

Mahdi Afri (born 1 January 1996) is a visually impaired Moroccan Paralympic athlete competing in T12-classification sprinting events. [2] He represented Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won two medals: the silver medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event and the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres T12 event. [2]

At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he won two medals: the gold medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event and the bronze medal in the 100 metres T12 event.

At the 2017 World Championships he won the gold medal in both the men's 200 metres T12 and men's 400 metres T12 events. [3] Two years later, at the 2019 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event. [4] [5]

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References

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