Hayat El Garaa

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Hayat El Garaa
Personal information
NationalityMoroccan
Born (1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 (age 28)
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Disability classF41
Event(s)shot put
discus throw
ClubFriends Club
Coached byZedmout Aziz
Lakhdar Abdelouaha
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Morocco
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo discus throw F41

Hayat El Garaa (born 2 March 1996) is a Moroccan para-athlete who specializes in throwing events. She represented Morocco at the Paralympic Games.

Career[edit]

El Garaa represented Morocco in the women's shot put F41 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and finished in seventh place with a throw of 6.97 metres. She again represented Morocco in the women's discus throw F41 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Her sisters Najat and Laila are both Paralympic medalists.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hayat El Garaa". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Hayat El Garaa". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 September 2021.