Azeddine Nouiri
Appearance
![]() Nouiri at the 2016 Paralympics | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Moroccan | ||||||||||||||
Born | Casablanca, Morocco | 21 July 1986||||||||||||||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | Morocco | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||
Disability class | F34 | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Shot put, javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
Club | Club Sportif de l'Association d'Aide des handicapés du Sud du Maroc[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Azeddine Nouiri (born 21 July 1986) is a Moroccan wheelchair athlete who competes in throwing events. He won the F34 classification shot put competition at the 2012[1] and 2016 Paralympics, setting a world record at 13.10 metres in 2012. In the javelin throw he finished tenth and seventh, respectively.[3] He served as the flag bearer for Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations.[2]
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Nouiri placed fourth in the shot put and lost his world record to Scott Jones.[4]
References
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- ^ a b "Nouiri, Azeddine". marochandisport.ma (in French). Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ a b Azeddine Nouiri. paralympic.org
- ^ Azeddine Nouiri Archived 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ "IPC World Championships: Lyon 2013 - Official Results Book" (pdf). paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Moroccan male javelin throwers
- Moroccan male shot putters
- Paralympic athletes of Morocco
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Morocco
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- World record holders in Paralympic athletics