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
Medal record
Men's beach volleyball
Representing Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Accra Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Rabat Team

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.
  3. MATIN, Amine Raad, LE. "Le Matin - La sélection marocaine séniors homme sacrée championne d'Afrique". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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