EL GARRAA Najat

POWERLIFTING

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
6	-55 kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ	103.0
6	-55 kg	2017	Mexico City, MEX	94.0
European Open Championships
4	-61 kg	2018	Berck-sur-Mer, FRA	98

ATHLETICS

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	Women's Discus Throw F40	2012	London, GBR	32.37
3	Shot Put - F40	2012	London, GBR	8.62
3	Women's Discus Throw F40	2008	Beijing, CHN	26.86
4	Shot Put - F40	2008	Beijing, CHN	7.75
World Championships
1	Women's Discus Throw F40	2011	Christchurch, NZL	28.99
1	Women's Discus Throw F40	2006	Assen, NED	23.66
2	Shot Put - F40	2006	Assen, NED	7.50
4	Shot Put - F40	2011	Christchurch, NZL	8.47

Music, cooking, baking. (Athlete, 01 Jun 2019)

Office Worker

Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA

Arabic, French

Club Amis de Fes [Morocco]

Her sister Laila competed in athletics for Morocco at the Paralympic Games in 2004, 2008 and 2012, winning silver in the F40 shot put at the 2004 Games in Athens. She also won gold in the F40 shot put at the 2006 World Championships in Assen, Netherlands. Her other sister Hayat has represented Morocco in the F41 discus and shot put at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2019 World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Her brother Mohamed also competed in athletics at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 May 2021; paralympic.org, 2017; Hayat Gharaa Facebook profile, 16 Apr 2015; Athlete, 19 Jan 2011)

She has represented Morocco in athletics at the Paralympic Games in 2008 and 2012. She won gold in F40 discus and bronze in F40 shot put at the 2012 Games in London, and bronze in F40 discus at the 2008 Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 01 Jun 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 21 Feb 2019; paralympic.org, 2017)

2017 for Morocco (Athlete, 01 Jun 2019)

She began powerlifting at age 34 in Rabat, Morocco. (Athlete, 01 Jun 2019)

"The discipline is very rare in Morocco, with no Moroccan athlete ever able to reach the top in powerlifting. So I thought it was an opportunity to push the limits of my abilities a little more." (lematin.ma, 09 Aug 2017)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 01 Jun 2019)

Winning silver at the 2018 African Championships in Algiers, Algeria, and finishing sixth at the 2017 World Championships in Mexico City, Mexico. (Athlete, 01 Jun 2019; paralympic.org, 01 Sep 2017)

Moroccan shot putter Lahcen Samsam Akka. (Athlete, 19 Jan 2011)

Her sister Laila and her father. (Athlete, 01 Jun 2019, 19 Jan 2011)

In January 2013 she received the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award at a ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (moroccoworldnews.com, 07 Jan 2013)

She was named Morocco's Best Female Athlete of 2012 by the Moroccan Press Association [MPA]. (lemag.ma, 25 Dec 2012)