Ramzi Boukhiam

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Ramzi Boukhiam
Personal information
Born (1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 30)
Agadir, Morocco
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Surfing specifications
StanceGoofy
Medal record
Surfing
Representing Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
World Surfing Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Arecibo Men
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 FlorianópolisShortboard
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2012 BaliShortboard

Ramzi Boukhiam (born 14 September 1993 in Agadir) is a Moroccan surfer. He placed 6th overall at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games, earning qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics as the highest-placed African surfer. He competed in the men's shortboard event at the Olympics, where he was eliminated in the third round by Michel Bourez of France. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Boukhiam was born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and a Dutch mother. [4] In his junior career, Boukhiam was twice a medallist at the World Junior Championships, including finishing as runner-up to Gabriel Medina in 2013. [5] [6]

Career

In 2022, he became the first Moroccan to qualify for the World Surf League's (WSL) Championship Tour (CT). [7]

On 3 March 2024, Boukhiam won a silver medal at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games, thus becoming the first Moroccan to ever win a medal in the World Surfing Games. [8]

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References

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