KARIM Youssra

Morocco

Athletics

Date of Birth: 26 Mar 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Sport Class: F41

Place of birth: EL JADIDA

Birth Country:

Morocco

Place of residence : MOROCCO

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Shot Put - F41	5
	Women's Discus Throw - F41	2

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Standing Shot Put	Women's Shot Put - F41 Final	Finished
	Olympic Standing - Standing Discus	Women's Discus Throw - F41 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
4	Shot Put - F41	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8.16
World Championships
2	Discus Throw - F41	2019	Dubai, UAE	33.59
4	Shot Put - F41	2019	Dubai, UAE	9.06
4	Shot Put - F41	2017	London, GBR	8.19

Hobbies:

Travel, shopping. (Athlete, 27 Apr 2020)

Education:

Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, MAR

Languages spoken:

Arabic, French

Club name:

Club Amis de Fes [Morocco]

Coach:

Zedmout Aziz [national]; Lakhdar Abdelouaha [national]; Alal Taky

Other sports:

She competed in able-bodied weightlifting in the 58kg category at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, People's Republic of China. She has also represented Morocco in the sport at the African championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 22 Jul 2020; zimbio.com, 18 Aug 2014)

Debut:

2016 for Morocco, in Germany (Athlete, 27 Apr 2020)

Start:

She took up Para athletics in 2016 in Morocco. (Athlete, 27 Apr 2020)

Reason:

"I wanted to win a Paralympic medal and decided to switch from Para powerlifting to Para athletics." (Athlete, 27 Apr 2020)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 27 Apr 2020)

Memorable:

Winning silver in the F41 discus throw at the 2019 World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Athlete, 27 Apr 2020)

Hero:

Moroccan Para athlete Azedddine Nouiri. (Athlete, 27 Apr 2020)

Influence:

Her late father, her mother, and her first coach Awal Nahasy. (Athlete, 27 Apr 2020)

General Interest

Classification
F41 (IPC, 04 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Short stature (paralympic.org, 09 Sep 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 27 Apr 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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