Azeddine Nouiri

Azeddine Nouiri

Nouiri at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality Moroccan
Born (1986-07-21) 21 July 1986
Casablanca, Morocco
Residence Safi, Morocco[1]
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[2]

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[2] 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.[1]

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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  1. 1 2 Azeddine Nouiri. paralympic.org
  2. 1 2 "Nouiri, Azeddine". marochandisport.ma (in French). Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  3. Azeddine Nouiri Archived 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.. rio2016.com
  4. "IPC World Championships: Lyon 2013 - Official Results Book" (pdf). paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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