Nawal El Moutawakel
El Moutawakel in 2009 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics
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Representing Morocco | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1984 Los Angeles | 400 m hurdles | |
Mediterranean Games | ||
1983 Casablanca | 400 m hurdles | |
1987 Latakia | 400 m hurdles |
Nawal El Moutawakel (
Life
El Moutawakel was born in
She was a pioneer for Muslim and African athletes in that she confounded long-held beliefs that women of such backgrounds could not succeed in
In 1993 she started running for fun, a 5 km run for women in Casablanca that has since become the biggest women's race held in a Muslim majority country, with up to 30,000 who came to run.[4]
In 1995, El Moutawakel became a council member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), now known as World Athletics, and in 1998 she became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
El Moutawakel is a member
In 2006, El Moutawakel was one of the eight honored to bear the Olympic flag at the
El Moutawakel was one of the ambassadors of the Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1979 | Mediterranean Games | Split, Yugoslavia
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6th | 100 m | 12.13 |
5th | 200 m | 24.64 | |||
1981 | Universiade | Bucharest, Romania
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15th (sf) | 100 m | 12.18 |
16th (h) | 200 m | 24.23 | |||
Arab Championships | Tunis, Tunisia
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1st | 100 m | 11.86 | |
1st | 200 m | 24.30 | |||
World Cup | Rome, Italy | 8th | 100 m | 11.92 1
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7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.15 1
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1982 | African Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 2nd | 100 m | 11.7 |
1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.8 | |||
1st | 400 m hurdles | 58.42 | |||
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:47.40 | |||
1983 | Universiade | Edmonton, Alberta | – | 400 m hurdles | DQ |
Maghreb Championships | Casablanca, Morocco
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1st | 200 m | 24.0 | |
1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.4 | |||
1st | 400 m hurdles | 58.5 | |||
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 33rd (h) | 100 m hurdles | 14.85 | |
12th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 57.10 | |||
Mediterranean Games | Casablanca, Morocco
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1st | 400 m hurdles | 56.59 | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.69 | |||
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:38.87 | |||
1984 | African Championships | Rabat, Morocco
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1st | 200 m | 23.93 |
1st | 400 m hurdles | 56.01 | |||
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:54.41 | |||
Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 54.61 | |
1985 | African Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 56.00 |
Universiade | Kobe, Japan | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 55.59 | |
World Cup | Canberra, Australia | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 56.05 1
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7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:36.86 1
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1987 | Arab Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | 200 m | 24.33 |
1st | 400 m | 54.28 | |||
1st | 400 m hurdles | 59.93 | |||
Universiade | Zagreb, Yugoslavia
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1st | 400 m hurdles | 55.21 | |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 18th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 57.21 | |
Mediterranean Games | Latakia, Syria
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1st | 400 m hurdles | 56.28 |
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See also
References
- ISBN 0-415-77250-8. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
Taiwan Winter Olympics Boycott.
- ^ Nawal El Moutawakel Wise Muslim Women. Retrieved 9 April 2011
- ^ Benbachir, Simo (21 July 2019). "El Moutawakel… la championne qui trône sur le cœur des Marocains". Maroc Local et Nouvelles du Monde | Nouvelles juives du Maroc, dernières nouvelles (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ a b c Sarah Duguid (9 June 2012). "The Olympians: Nawal el-Moutawakel, Morocco". Financial Times Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022.
- ^ Olympic report Archived 15 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-31.
- ^ IOC Announces 2016 Summer Games Evaluation Commission Archived 26 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ms Nawal EL MOUTAWAKEL, IOC site.
- ^ "BBC – Olympic Torch Relay – Camden to Westminster". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
External links
- Nawal El Moutawakel at Olympics.com
- Nawal El Moutawakel at Olympic.org (archived)
- Nawal El Moutawakel at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)