Morocco at the Youth Olympics

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]

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

Medal tables edit

List of medalists edit

Summer Games edit

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 edit

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

See also edit

References edit

  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".