Nawal El Moutawakel

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Nawal El Moutawakel (Amazigh: ⵏⴰⵡⴰⵍ ⵍⵎⵓⵜⴰⵡⴰⵇⵇⵍ; Template:Langx; born 15 April 1962) is a Moroccan former hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and is the first Moroccan, Arab, African, and Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold.[1][2][3] She is currently a vice president of the International Olympic Committee.[4] In August 2024, the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) voted her as the fourth best female athlete of the past 100 years after Serena Williams, Nadia Comăneci and Simone Biles.[5][6] In 2007, El Moutawakel was named the Minister of Sports in the upcoming cabinet of Morocco.

Life

El Moutawakel was born in Casablanca, and was studying at Iowa State University[7] when she won her Olympic title, which came as a surprise in her home country. King Hassan II of Morocco telephoned her to give his congratulations, and he declared that all girls born the day of her victory were to be named in her honor.[8] Her medal also meant the breakthrough for sporting women in Morocco and other mostly Muslim countries.

She was a pioneer for Muslim and African athletes in that she confounded long-held beliefs that women of such backgrounds could not succeed in athletics.[9]

In 1993 she started running for fun, a 5 km run for women in Casablanca that has since become the biggest women's race held in a Muslim majority country, with up to 30,000 who came to run.[7]

In 1995, El Moutawakel became a council member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), now known as World Athletics, and in 1998 she became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[4]

El Moutawakel is a member[7] of the International Olympic Committee, and she was the president of the evaluation commissions for the selection of the host city for the Summer Olympics of 2012 and 2016.[10] She was elected as a vice-president of the IOC in 2016 for a period of four years and re-elected in 2024.[4]

In 2006, El Moutawakel was one of the eight honored to bear the Olympic flag at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Turin, Italy. On 26 July 2012, she carried the London Olympics torch through Westminster.[11]

El Moutawakel was one of the ambassadors of the Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid.

International competitions

1979 Mediterranean Games Split, Yugoslavia 6th 100 m 12.13
5th 200 m 24.64
1981 Universiade Bucharest, Romania 15th (sf) 100 m 12.18
16th (h) 200 m 24.23
Arab Championships Tunis, Tunisia 1st 100 m 11.86
1st 200 m 24.30
World Cup Rome, Italy 8th 100 m 11.921
7th 4 × 100 m relay 46.151
1982 African Championships Cairo, Egypt 2nd 100 m 11.7
1st 100 m hurdles 13.8
1st 400 m hurdles 58.42
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:47.40
1983 Universiade Edmonton, Alberta – 400 m hurdles DQ
Maghreb Championships Casablanca, Morocco 1st 200 m 24.0
1st 100 m hurdles 13.4
1st 400 m hurdles 58.5
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 33rd (h) 100 m hurdles 14.85
12th (sf) 400 m hurdles 57.10
Mediterranean Games Casablanca, Morocco 1st 400 m hurdles 56.59
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 46.69
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:38.87
1984 African Championships Rabat, Morocco 1st 200 m 23.93
1st 400 m hurdles 56.01
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:54.41
Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 1st 400 m hurdles 54.61
1985 African Championships Cairo, Egypt 1st 400 m hurdles 56.00
Universiade Kobe, Japan 3rd 400 m hurdles 55.59
World Cup Canberra, Australia 4th 400 m hurdles 56.051
7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.861
1987 Arab Championships Algiers, Algeria 1st 200 m 24.33
1st 400 m 54.28
1st 400 m hurdles 59.93
Universiade Zagreb, Yugoslavia 1st 400 m hurdles 55.21
World Championships Rome, Italy 18th (h) 400 m hurdles 57.21
Mediterranean Games Latakia, Syria 1st 400 m hurdles 56.28

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See also

References

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  9. ↑ Benchrif, Mohamed (11 March 1999). Nawal El Moutawakel – Pioneer and militant for Progress Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-31.
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