Sports in Morocco refers to the sports played in the Kingdom of Morocco. As of 2007, Moroccan society participated in many sports, including handball, football, golf, tennis, basketball, and athletics. Hicham El Guerrouj, a retired middle distance runner for Morocco, won two gold medals for Morocco at the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Abdelmajid Dolmy was a Moroccan professional footballer who played as a libero then as a central midfielder for Raja CA and the Moroccan national team. Nicknamed Maestro, he is widely considered one of the best players in the history of Moroccan and African football.
Morocco competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.
Soufiane El Bakkali is a Moroccan runner specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion, having previously finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. At the World Athletics Championships, El Bakkali won two gold medals, winning his first in 2022 and later in 2023, He won silver in 2017 and bronze in 2019. He also placed third at the 2019 African Games and second at the 2018 African Championships.
Fatima El-Faquir is a Moroccan sprinter, coach, and sports professor. She was the first Moroccan to compete in the Olympics. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and was the first African Champion in 400m hurdles in Dakar in 1979. She was the first female athlete to give Morocco a title. She is the Professor of Higher Education at the Moroccan National Institute of Sport.
Algeria competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place in 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 1964, Algerian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott. Unlike Algeria's previous successes in the Summer Olympics, they failed to secure a single medal.
Issam Bassou is a Moroccan judoka. He won gold medals at the 2019 African Games and the 2018 African Judo Championships in the men's –60 kg category. His brother Imad Bassou is also a judoka.
Morocco 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. The 2020 Games were the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Achraf Ouchen, is a Moroccan Karateka athlete who competes in the heavyweight division.
Btissam Sadini is a Moroccan karateka. She won a bronze medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.
Sarah Juliette Saidi Fraincart is a French-Moroccan rower and politician. In rowing, she came third in the 500 metres single sculls event at the 2019 African Games and competed in the single sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a candidate for France's National Assembly in the 2022 legislative elections, but was not elected.
Oumaïma Belahbib, also known as Oumayma Belahbib or Oumayma Bel Ahbib, is a Moroccan amateur boxer, who won a gold medal at the 2017 African Amateur Boxing Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2019 African Games. She has competed in the welterweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Mathis Soudi is a Moroccan slalom canoeist who has competed at international level since 2016. He is from Rennes, France and competes in the K1 discipline for Morocco.
Christopher McHugh is a male beach volleyball player from Australia. He represented Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, both with teammate Damien Schumann, winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Unfortunately, competing at the 2020 Olympics, the pair were knocked out in the group stage after finishing at the bottom of their pool.
Houssam El Kord is a Moroccan fencer. His sister Camélia El Kord is also a fencer who has represented Morocco at international level. He currently lives in France and also serves as a freelance chiropodist in Paris.
Youness Baalla is a Moroccan boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Aymen Bouguerra is a Tunisian volleyball player who currently plays as outside hitter in Alterna Stade Poitevin (France). He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Mohamed Abicha is a Moroccan volleyball player.
Abdellah Haimoud is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Botola club Wydad AC.
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