Abdelillah Gani Explained

Abdelillah Gani
Nationality:Moroccan
Birth Date:18 September 1987[1]
Sport:Para-athletics
Event:shot put
Disability Class:F53

Abdelillah Gani (born 18 September 1987) is a Moroccan para-athlete specializing in shot put. He represented Morocco at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Gani represented Morocco at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[1] This was the first time Morocco qualified for the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[2]

Gani represented Morocco at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the shot put F53 event, with a throw of 8.79 metres.[3] [4]

At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the shot put F53 event with a throw of 9.22 metres. Giga Ochkhikidze originally won gold, however, after an appeal of the national delegation against a false attempt, Gani was upgraded to gold.[5] Ochkhikidze's gold medal was later reinstated following another appeal.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abdelillah Gani . . 1 September 2024.
  2. Web site: History in the making for Morocco’s Men . iwbf.org . 8 August 2018 . 1 September 2024.
  3. Web site: Kobe 2024: Leon Schaefer, Sabrine Fortune save their best for last on rainy Sunday . paralympic.org . 19 May 2024 . 1 September 2024.
  4. Web site: Iran’s Mokhtari takes bronze at 2024 World Para Athletics . . 19 May 2024 . 1 September 2024.
  5. Web site: Jeux Paralympiques 2024: la médaille d’Abdelillah Gani au lancer du poids (F53) réévaluée en or (2024 Paralympic Games: Abdelillah Gani's shot put medal (F53) upgraded to gold) . 1 September 2024 . 1 September 2024 . French.
  6. Web site: Georgian para athlete’s gold medal reinstated following appeal against revocation . agenda.ge . 1 September 2024 . 1 September 2024.