Najat El Garaa
Personal information
Years active2006–2012 (Track and field F40)
Sport
Disability classF40
Medal record
Women's para athletics (F40)
Representing  Morocco
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Discus throw – F40
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Discus throw – F40

Najat El Garaa (Arabic: نجاة الكرعة) is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 discus throw events.

Career

El Garaa competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F40 discus throw event.

She later competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London where she won a gold medal in the women's F40 discus throw event. El Garaa made a new World record 32.37 metres.

El Garaa was declared Moroccan sportswoman of the year in 2012 and also took Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Creative Sports Award.[1]

Personal life

Her sisters Laila and Hayat are both Paralympic medalists.[2]

References

  1. Najat El Garaa receives Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Creative Sports Award, January 2013, Moroccan World News
  2. "Hayat El Garaa". paralympic.org. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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