Mahdi Afri
| Sport | |
|---|---|
| Country | Morocco |
| Sport | Para-athletics |
| Disability | Vision impairment |
| Disability class | T12 |
| Events | |
Mahdi Afri is a visually impaired Moroccan Paralympic athlete competing in T12-classification sprinting events.[1] He represented Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and he won two medals: the silver medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event and the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres T12 event.[1]
At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan he won two medals: the gold medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event and the bronze medal in the 100 metres T12 event.
At the 2017 World Championships he won the gold medal in both the men's 200 metres T12 and men's 400 metres T12 events.[2] Two years later at the 2019 World Championships he won the silver medal in the men's 400 metres T12 event.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Mahdi Afri". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Etchells, Daniel (21 July 2017). "Moroccan breaks own world record to defend 400m title at World Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Results - Men's 400m T12 Final". IPC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Dubai 2019: Spectacular Saturday sees seven world records". paralympic.org. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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