Abouelkhir first competed in a Summer Paralympics the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There he competed in the F58 discus throw, winning silver with a distance of 50.75 metres. Four years later he appeared at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where he entered both the discus and shot put, but failed to reach the podium in either. He missed the Beijing Games, but returned for the 2012 Paralympics in London, winning the bronze in the F57/58 discus.