Morocco at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Morocco at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	MAR
NPC	Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
in London
Competitors	31 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Laila Elgaraa
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold 3 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 6
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Morocco competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

Background

Sarsah Jolol was quoted by the BBC as saying of the 2012 Paralympics, "There is a stigma in the Arab world when discussing the plight of people with disability. In Morocco there is not the necessary infrastructure to support and accommodate the needs of people with disabilities. On the other hand in Europe, the disabled enjoy a life without discrimination with the forthcoming Paralympic Games being proof."

Medalists

The following Moroccan competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Najat El Garaa	Athletics	Women's discus F40	31 August
Gold	El Amin Chentouf	Athletics	Men's 5000 m T12	3 September
Gold	Azeddine Nouiri	Athletics	Men's shot put F34	3 September
Bronze	Mohamed Amguoun	Athletics	Men's 400 m T13	2 September
Bronze	Abdelillah Mame	Athletics	Men's 800 m T13	8 September
Bronze	Najat El Garaa	Athletics	Women's shot put F40	3 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Abdelillah Mame won a bronze medal for Morocco in the Men's 800m T13 event on September 6.

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Khadija Acem	67.5 kg	110.0	6
Fatima Bahji	60 kg	90.0	6
Malika Matar	40 kg	76.0	6

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Moroccan roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

№	Name	Date of birth	Position	2012 club
	Rachid Benekri	19 September 1974
2	Abderrahim Aniss	21 December 1976	SE	ASS Sale
3	Hicham El Jamili	11 June 1981		ASWT Temara
4	Khalid Dami	10 May 1975		CMSH Khouribga
5	Abdelghani El Fitir	8 February 1973		CMSH Khouribga
6	Mohammed Qouchairi	21 November 1965		ASS Sale
7	Mohamed Souabi	31 January 1978		AAHS Agadir
8	Youness Zaaboul	8 June 1979		ASWT Temara
9	Hicham Aziani	13 February 1982		ASS Sale
10	Rachid Abdelouafi	12 April 1978	L	ASS Sale
11	Karim Essaadi	21 October 1983		ASS Sale
12	Khalid Chtaibi	8 September 1971		ASWT Temara

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Germany	4	4	0	8	12	3	4.000	340	266	1.278
2	Russia	4	3	1	7	11	5	2.200	356	275	1.295
3	Egypt	4	2	2	6	9	6	1.500	424	402	1.055
4	Great Britain	4	1	3	5	3	9	0.333	230	276	0.833
5	Morocco	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	157	300	0.523

Source:

30 August 2012 19:00	Egypt	3–0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referees: Xin Xia (CHN), Masoud Yazdanpanah (IRI)
	(25–10, 25–12, 25–22) Report

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31 August 2012 11:00	Germany	3–0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referees: France Marcoux (CAN), Jung Mal-Soon (KOR)
	(25–11, 25–10, 25–9) Report

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2 September 2012 14:00	Great Britain	3–0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referees: Sari Mannersuo (FIN), Stephen Giugni (AUS)
	(25–20, 25–19, 25–12) Report

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4 September 2012 14:00	Russia	3–0	Morocco	ExCeL London, London Referees: Adnan Kolos (BIH), Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE)
	(25–13, 25–8, 25–11) Report

9th–10th place classification

7 September 2012 14:00	Morocco	1–3	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dee Wauchope (GBR)
	(25–20, 25–27, 22–25, 23–25) Report

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lhaj Boukartacha	Men's singles	Bedard (CAN) W 7–5, 6–2	did not advance