# Morocco at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Morocco competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September 2021. Morocco hosted the first African Para Games in January 2020 which acted as a games qualifier in some sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Abdeslam Hili | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T12 | 2 September |
| Gold | Zakariae Derhem | Athletics | Men's shot put F33 | 4 September |
| Gold | Ayoub Sadni | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T47 | 4 September |
| Gold | El Amin Chentouf | Athletics | Men's marathon - T12 | 5 September |
| Silver | Youssra Karim | Athletics | Women's discus throw F41 | 1 September |
| Silver | Mohamed Amguoun | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T13 | 2 September |
| Silver | Fouzia El Kassioui | Athletics | Women's shot put F33 | 2 September |
| Silver | Azeddine Nouiri | Athletics | Men's shot put F34 | 4 September |
| Bronze | Saida Amoudi | Athletics | Women's shot put F54 | 31 August |
| Bronze | Hayat El Garaa | Athletics | Women's discus throw F41 | 1 September |
| Bronze | Morocco men's national football 5-a-side team Samir BaraHoussam GhilliImad BerkaElhabib Ait BajjaZouhair SnislaKamal BoughlamSaid El-MselekAyoub HadimiAbderrazak HattabAbdellali Ait Al Hakem | Football 5-a-side | Men's tournament | 4 September |

### Medals by sport

Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Football 5-a-side | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |

### Medals by date

Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| 1 | 25 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 26 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 27 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 28 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 29 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 30 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 31 Aug | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 Sept | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 Sept | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 Sept | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 4 Sept | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 Sept | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |

### Medals by gender

Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total | Percentage |
| Female | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 36.4% |
| Male | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 63.6% |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 100% |

## Competitors

Source:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 10 | 7 | 18 |
| Football 5-a-side | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Powerlifting | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 23 | 13 | 36 |

## Athletics

Twelve Moroccan athletes have automatically qualified in athletics in the World Para Athletics Marathon Championships

### Men's track

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mahdi Afri | Men's 400m T12 | 48.53 q SB | 2 | 48.93 | 4 |
| El Amin Chentouf | Men's marathon T12 | — | — | 2:21:43 GR | |
| Abdelhadi El Harti | Men's marathon T46 | — | — | | DNF |
| Abdeslam Hili | Men's 400m T12 | 48.78 Q SB | 1 | 47.59 WR | |
| Ayoub Sadni | Men's 400m T47 | 47.82 Q, PB | 1 | 47.38 WR | |

### Women's track

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Meryem An-Nourhi | Women's marathon T12 | — | — | | |
| Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi | Women's 1500m T13 | 4:51.99 SB | 1 | | DNF |

### Women's field

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Saida Amoudi | Women's shot put F34 | | | |
| Hayat El Garaa | Women's discus throw F41 | | | |
| Fouzia El Kassioui | Women's shot put F33 | | | |
| Youssra Karim | Women's discus throw F41 | | | |
| Youssra Karim | Women's shot put F41 | | | |

## Football 5-a-side

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Morocco men's | Men's tournament | Argentina L 1–2 | Thailand W 2–0 | Spain D 1–1 | 2 | Brazil L 0–1 | China W 4–0 | |
Morocco have qualified after winning the 2019 Africa Regional Championships held in Enugu, Nigeria. The following is the Morocco squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Semi finals |
| 2 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Semi finals |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | 7th–8th place match |

### Bronze medal match
## Powerlifting
## Taekwondo

Morocco qualified three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Two of them qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, while the other qualified by finishing top six in world ranking.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rachid Ismaili Alaoui | Men's +75 kg | | | | |
| Soukaina Es-Sabbar | Women's –49 kg | | | | |
| Fajar Akermach | Women's +58 kg | | | | |

## Tennis

Morocco qualified two player entries for wheelchair tennis. Both qualified under the bipartite commission invitation allocation quota.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lhaj Boukartacha | Men's singles | Medeiros (BRA) W 7–5, 6–1 | Houdet (FRA) L 0–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Najwa Awane | Women's singles | — | Tanaka (JPN) L 1–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |