| Morocco at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | MAR |
| NPC | Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled |
| in Tokyo August 25, 2021 – September 6, 2021 | |
| Competitors | 37 in 6 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Morocco competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September 2021. Morocco hosted the first African Para Games in January 2020 which acted as a games qualifier in some sports.[ citation needed ]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Abdeslam Hili | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T12 | 2 September |
| Gold | Zakariae Derhem | Athletics | Men's shot put F33 | 4 September |
| Gold | Ayoub Sadni | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T47 | 4 September |
| Gold | El Amin Chentouf | Athletics | Men's marathon - T12 | 5 September |
 Silver | Youssra Karim | Athletics | Women's discus throw F41 | 1 September |
| Silver | Mohamed Amguoun | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T13 | 2 September |
| Silver | Fouzia El Kassioui | Athletics | Women's shot put F33 | 2 September |
| Silver | Azeddine Nouiri | Athletics | Men's shot put F34 | 4 September |
 Bronze | Saida Amoudi | Athletics | Women's shot put F54 | 31 August |
| Bronze | Hayat El Garaa | Athletics | Women's discus throw F41 | 1 September |
| Bronze | Morocco men's national football 5-a-side team | Football 5-a-side | Men's tournament | 4 September |
| Medals by sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Football 5-a-side | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Medals by date | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| 1 | 25 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 26 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 27 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 28 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 29 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 30 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 31 Aug | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 Sept | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 Sept | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 Sept | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 4 Sept | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 Sept | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Medals by gender (Comparison graphs) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | | | | Total | Percentage |
| Female | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 36.4% |
| Male | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 63.6% |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 100% |
Source: [1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 10 | 7 | 18 |
| Football 5-a-side | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Powerlifting | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 23 | 13 | 36 |
Twelve Moroccan athletes have automatically qualified in athletics in the World Para Athletics Marathon Championships [2]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Mahdi Afri | Men's 400m T12 | 48.53 qSB | 2 | 48.93 | 4 | |
| El Amin Chentouf | Men's marathon T12 | — | 2:21:43 GR | | ||
| Abdelhadi El Harti | Men's marathon T46 | — | DNF | |||
| Abdeslam Hili | Men's 400m T12 | 48.78 QSB | 1 | 47.59 WR | | |
| Ayoub Sadni | Men's 400m T47 | 47.82 Q, PB | 1 | 47.38 WR | | |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Meryem An-Nourhi | Women's marathon T12 | — | ||||
| Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi | Women's 1500m T13 | 4:51.99 SB | 1 | DNF | ||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | ||
| Saida Amoudi | Women's shot put F34 | |||
| Hayat El Garaa | Women's discus throw F41 | |||
| Fouzia El Kassioui | Women's shot put F33 | |||
| Youssra Karim | Women's discus throw F41 | |||
| Women's shot put F41 | ||||
| Team | Event | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Morocco men's | Men's tournament |  Argentina L 1–2 |  Thailand W 2–0 |  Spain D 1–1 | 2 |  Brazil L 0–1 |  China W 4–0 |  |
Morocco have qualified after winning the 2019 Africa Regional Championships held in Enugu, Nigeria. [3] The following is the Morocco squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [4]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Samir Bara | Sighted | 30 June 1984 (aged 37) |
| 3 | DF | Houssam Ghilli | B1 | 10 September 1993 (aged 27) |
| 4 | Kamal Boughlam | B1 | 5 December 1999 (aged 21) | |
| 5 | DF | Imad Berka | B1 | 30 January 1986 (aged 35) |
| 6 | Said El-Mselek | B1 | 15 October 1999 (aged 21) | |
| 7 | Ayoub Hadimi | B1 | 1 January 1999 (aged 22) | |
| 8 | Elhabib Ait Bajja | B1 | 6 March 1983 (aged 38) | |
| 9 | FW | Zouhair Snisla | B1 | 25 January 1999 (aged 22) |
| 10 | FW | Abderrazak Hattab | B1 | 12 July 1991 (aged 30) |
| 12 | GK | Abdellali Ait Al-Hakem | Sighted | 15 November 1993 (aged 27) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Semi finals |
| 2 |  Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | 7th–8th place match |
Morocco qualified three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Two of them qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, while the other qualified by finishing top six in world ranking.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Rachid Ismaili Alaoui | Men's +75 kg | |||||
| Soukaina Es-Sabbar | Women's –49 kg | |||||
| Fajar Akermach | Women's +58 kg | |||||
Morocco qualified two player entries for wheelchair tennis. Both qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Lhaj Boukartacha | Men's singles | Medeiros (BRA) W 7–5, 6–1 |  Houdet (FRA)L 0–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Najwa Awane | Women's singles | — |  Tanaka (JPN)L 1-6, 2-6 | Did not advance | ||||
Australia participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. It sent its largest away team - 179 athletes to a Summer Paralympics. Australia finished eighth on the gold medal table and sixth on the total medals table.
Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Aomi Urban Sports Venue in Tokyo.
Japan competed as the host nation of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in their capital Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Great Britain competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place between 21 August and 6 September 2020, the Games were postponed to 24 August to 5 September 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. British athletes have competed at all sixteen consecutive Summer Paralympics since 1960.
Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except 1932 and 1980, joining the United States-led boycott in the latter.
China competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1984. China sent 251 athletes to the Games and competed in 20 of the 22 sports except Equestrian and Wheelchair rugby.
Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics were to be held at the Tokyo National Stadium between 25 August and 6 September. Following the COVID-19 pandemic they have been rescheduled to between 24 August and 5 September 2021.
The United States competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September. This was Egypt's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
Brazil competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Iran competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.
Nigeria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August and 5 September 2021. This was their eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1992.
Israel competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September 2021. The delegation includes 33 athletes – 18 women and 15 men – competing in 11 sports: athletics, badminton, boccia, goalball, paracanoeing, powerlifting, rowing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, and wheelchair tennis.
Malaysia competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021 which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
France competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Canada competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Mexico participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Algeria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
South Korea competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Russian athletes competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics under the acronym of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), using a flag depicting a one-off emblem representing the committee.
