Abdelillah Gani

Abdelillah Gani
Personal information
NationalityMoroccan
Born (1987-09-18) 18 September 1987[1]
Sport
SportPara-athletics
F53
Event
shot put
Medal record
Para-athletics
Representing  Morocco
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisShot put F53
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 KobeShot put F53

Abdelillah Gani (born 18 September 1987) is a Moroccan para-athlete specializing in shot put. He represented Morocco at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Gani represented Morocco at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[1] This was the first time Morocco qualified for the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[2]

Gani represented Morocco at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the shot put F53 event, with a throw of 8.79 metres.[3][4]

At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the shot put F53 event with a throw of 9.22 metres. Giga Ochkhikidze originally won gold, however, after an appeal of the national delegation against a false attempt, Gani was upgraded to gold.[5] Ochkhikidze's gold medal was later reinstated following another appeal.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Abdelillah Gani". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "History in the making for Morocco's Men". iwbf.org. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Kobe 2024: Leon Schaefer, Sabrine Fortune save their best for last on rainy Sunday". paralympic.org. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Iran's Mokhtari takes bronze at 2024 World Para Athletics". The Tehran Times. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Jeux Paralympiques 2024: la médaille d'Abdelillah Gani au lancer du poids (F53) réévaluée en or (2024 Paralympic Games: Abdelillah Gani's shot put medal (F53) upgraded to gold)" (in French). 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Georgian para athlete's gold medal reinstated following appeal against revocation". agenda.ge. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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