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| Full name | Mohamed Lahna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1982 Casablanca, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paratriathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Amputee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | PT2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mohamed Lahna (born 11 March 1982) [1] is a Moroccan-American [2] paratriathlete. Lahna won bronze in the men's PT2 paratriathlon at the 2016 Paralympics. [3]
Mohamed Lahna was born without a right femur; due to this, he was not able to compete in his first triathlon until 2008. He started as a strong swimmer and was able to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar. [4] He went on to represent Morocco until 2016.
As of 2017, Lahna has been competing under World Triathlon after requesting a change of representation from Morocco to the United States.[ citation needed ]
Mohamed has won four gold medals to date as well as 13 podium finishes and is currently ranked fourth in the world. [5]
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Lahna won bronze in the PT2 category at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, the first Paralympics to include triathlon events. [3] Lahna won in 1 hour 13 minutes and 35 seconds, with a margin of 46-second from the winner, the British Andy Lewis. [6]
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