Najat El Garaa
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| Years active | 2006–2012 (Track and field F40) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Disability class | F40 | ||||||||||||||||
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Najat El Garaa (Arabic: نجاة الكرعة) is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 discus throw events.
Career[]
El Garaa competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F40 discus throw event.
She later competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London where she won a gold medal in the women's F40 discus throw event. El Garaa made a new World record 32.37 metres.
El Garaa was declared Moroccan sportswoman of the year in 2012 and also took Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Creative Sports Award.[1]
Personal life[]
Her sisters Laila and Hayat are both Paralympic medalists.[2]
References[]
- ^ Najat El Garaa receives Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Creative Sports Award, January 2013, Moroccan World News
- ^ "Hayat El Garaa". paralympic.org. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
External links[]
- Najat El Garraa at the International Paralympic Committee
- Najat El Garraa at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
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