Personal information | |
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Nationality | Moroccan |
Born | Casablanca, Morocco | 8 November 1988
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Morocco |
Sport | Athletics |
Disability class | T13 |
Event(s) | sprint, middle-distance |
Mohamed Amguoun (born 8 November 1988) is a visually impaired Moroccan sprinter and middle-distance runner. [1] Competing in the T13 classification, Amguoun represented Morocco at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he won the bronze medal in the 400m sprint. He is also a World Championship winning athlete, taking gold in his favoured 400m race at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha. [2]
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