Fouzia El Kassioui
Personal information | |
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Born | Benslimane, Morocco | 1 January 1992
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Country | Morocco |
Sport | Para-athletics |
Disability class | F33 |
Event | Shot put |
Medal record |
Fouzia El Kassioui (born 1 January 1992) is a Moroccan Paralympic athlete.[1]
Biography
[edit]At the age of 10, she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and cerebral palsy. In 2017, she joined the Benslimane Al-Ahd Al-Jadid Association and began training in shot put.[2]
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F33 event.[3][4]
She won the silver medal in the women's shot put F33 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5] She also competed in the women's javelin throw F34 event.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fouzia El Kassioui". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Bakbach, Soulaimane (27 July 2022). "How Moroccan Paralympian Kassioui beat cerebral palsy and society". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ O'Kane, Patrick (15 November 2019). "Kornobys and Cinnamo claim shot put gold as World Para Athletics Championships conclude". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Women's shot put F33" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (2 September 2021). "Switzerland enjoy magical night on the track as Hug completes Tokyo 2020 hat-trick". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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