Azeddine Nouiri
 Nouiri at the 2016 Paralympics | |||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Moroccan | ||||||||||||
| Born |
21 July 1986 Casablanca, Morocco | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Safi, Morocco[1] | ||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
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| Country | Morocco | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||
| Disability class | F34 | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put, javelin throw | ||||||||||||
| Club | Club Sportif de l'Association d'Aide des handicapés du Sud du Maroc[2] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Azeddine Nouiri (born 21 July 1986) is a Moroccan wheelchair athlete who competes in throwing events. He won the F34 classification shot put competition at the 2012[2] and 2016 Paralympics, setting a world record at 13.10 metres in 2012. In the javelin throw he finished tenth and seventh, respectively.[3] He served as the flag bearer for Morocco at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations.[1]
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Nouiri placed fourth in the shot put and lost his world record to Scott Jones.[4]
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- 1 2 Azeddine Nouiri. paralympic.org
- 1 2 "Nouiri, Azeddine". marochandisport.ma (in French). Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ↑ Azeddine Nouiri. rio2016.com
- ↑ "IPC World Championships: Lyon 2013 - Official Results Book" (pdf). paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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