Morocco at the Youth Olympics

Morocco at the
Youth Olympics
IOC codeMAR
NOCMoroccan Olympic Committee
Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية الوطنية المغربية
Websitewww.marocolympique.org (in French)
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold
2
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
10
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Morocco first participated at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural 2010 Games in Singapore. Morocco has sent a team to each Summer Youth Olympic Games and participated for the first and so far the only time at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in the 2012 edition held in Innsbruck.[1] Moroccan athletes have won 9 medals at the Summer Youth Games and 1 at the Winter Youth Games, winning Africa's first ever medal at a Winter sport competition.[2]

Medal tables

List of medalists

Summer Games

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Hicham Sigueni 2010 Singapore Athletics Boys' 3000 metres
 Bronze Hicham Chemlal 2014 Nanjing Athletics Boys' 2000 metre steeplechase
 Gold Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras[3] 2018 Buenos Aires Taekwondo Girls' +63 kg
 Silver Yassine Elouarz 2018 Buenos Aires Boxing Boys' Welterweight
 Silver Anass Essayi 2018 Buenos Aires Athletics Boys' 1500 metres
 Silver Safia Salih 2018 Buenos Aires Taekwondo Girls' 55 kg
 Silver Yassine Sekouri 2018 Buenos Aires Karate Boys' 68 kg
 Silver Nabil Ech-Chaabi 2018 Buenos Aires Karate Boys' +68 kg
 Bronze Oussama Edari 2018 Buenos Aires Karate Boys' 61 kg

Winter Games

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Adam Lamhamedi 2012 Innsbruck Alpine Skiing Boys' super-G

See also

References

  1. ^ Kasraoui, Safaa (2018-02-09). "Morocco's Samir Azzimani Carries Moroccan Flag during Opening Ceremony of Winter Olympic Games". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  2. ^ "Morocco's Samir Azzimani Carries Moroccan Flag during Opening Ceremony of Winter Olympic Games". Moroccoworldnews.com. 9 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Morocco's Fatima Zahra Abou Fares Wins Gold Medal at Youth Olympics".
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