GHAZOUANI Souhad

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	-67.5 kg	2012	London, GBR	146
2	-73 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	140
2	-60 kg	2004	Athens, GRE	120.0
3	-48 kg	2008	Beijing, CHN	112.5
World Championships
1	-73 kg	2017	Mexico City, MEX	145.0
1	-60 kg	2010	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	135.0
2	-52 kg	2006	Busan, KOR	115.0
3	-60 kg	2002	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	105.0
6	-73 kg	2014	Dubai, UAE	100.0
NoM	-73 kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ	NoM
European Open Championships
1	-73 kg	2018	Berck-sur-Mer, FRA	135

Husband Mehdi Ourizat

French

ASPTT Haltero [Lille, FRA]

Alexis Querou [national]; Mehdi Ourizat [husband]

Her husband Mehdi Ourizat has coached the French national Para powerlifting team. (handisport.org, 20 Nov 2015; mon.nordpasdecalais.fr, 01 Dec 2014)

She has competed in wheelchair racing at national level. (lavoixdunord.com, 07 Aug 2010)

She sustained an injury in 2019 that affected her training in the lead-up to the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. (paralympic.org, 07 Jul 2019)

She did not take part in the sport for five months between 2013 and 2014 due to a hernia. She returned to competition in April 2014 at the World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (handisport.org, 20 Nov 2015; Athlete, 04 Dec 2017)

She began lifting weights at age six, and began competing at age 12. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017; lille.fr, 01 Jan 2018)

"I love the fact that it's an individual sport and I have to depend on myself to achieve results. It allows me to expend all my energy which helps to calm me, and I also like to be stronger than the men." (lavoixdunord.fr, 07 Aug 2010; benchpresschampion.com, 01 Aug 2008; Athlete, 04 Dec 2017)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org, 07 Jul 2019)

Winning gold at the world championships in 2010 and at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017; cpsf.france-paralympique.fr, 01 Jan 2018)

French footballer Lilian Thuram, French powerlifter Rafik Arabat, Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho, French Para athlete Joel Jeannot. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017)

Her parents, her husband Mehdi, physiotherapist Jean-Bernard Gebert, and coach Alexis Querou. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017)

"I can't see myself not doing weightlifting. It's given me, and continues to give me, more autonomy. It really helps people in wheelchairs to go about their daily lives, lifting things, transferring from the wheelchair and so on. This sport is more than a passion. It's part of me and of my life, so it's difficult to stop." (paralympic.org, 07 Jul 2019)

In 2013 she was named Knight of the French Legion of Honour. (bleushandisport.com, 2018)

She was named Officer of the French National Order of Merit in 2008. (bleushandisport.com, 2018)

She was named Knight of the French National Order of Merit in 2004. (benchpresschampion.com, 01 Aug 2008)