Mohamed Abicha

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Mohamed Abicha
Personal information
Nationality Morocco
Born (1980-01-16) 16 January 1980 (age 44)
Fez, Morocco
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportVolleyball

Mohamed Abicha (born 16 January 1980) is a Moroccan volleyball player. [1] [2]

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Career highlights

Alongside Zouheir El Graoui, Abicha won the gold medal at the 2017 African Beach Volleyball Championships in Maputo [3] and the 2019 African Beach Volleyball Championships in Abuja, [4] a bronze medal at the 2019 All-Africa Beach Games in Sal and the silver medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat. [5]

2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

Abicha represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Zouheir El Graoui. The duo were defeated in all three beach volleyball events. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Beach Volleyball ABICHA Mohammed - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. "Profile - Mohamed Abicha - Vienna". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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  4. "Le Maroc et l'Egypte champions d'Afrique de Beach Volleyball". Africa Top Sports (in French). 30 April 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021. Abicha Mohammed
  5. "L'argent pour les beach-volleyeurs marocains". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2021. Mohamed Abicha