Fouzia El Kassioui

Fouzia El Kassioui
Personal information
Born	1 January 1992 (age 32); Benslimane, Morocco
Sport
Country	Morocco
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability class	F33
Event	Shot put
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing Morocco
Paralympic Games
World Championships

Fouzia El Kassioui (born 1 January 1992) is a Moroccan Paralympic athlete.^[1]

Biography

At the age of 10, she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and cerebral palsy. In 2017, she joined the Benslimane Al-Ahd Al-Jadid Association and began training in shot put.^[2]

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F33 event.^[3]^[4]

She won the silver medal in the women's shot put F33 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[5] She also competed in the women's javelin throw F34 event.

^ "Fouzia El Kassioui". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ Bakbach, Soulaimane (27 July 2022). "How Moroccan Paralympian Kassioui beat cerebral palsy and society". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ O'Kane, Patrick (15 November 2019). "Kornobys and Cinnamo claim shot put gold as World Para Athletics Championships conclude". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ "Women's shot put F33" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
^ Berkeley, Geoff (2 September 2021). "Switzerland enjoy magical night on the track as Hug completes Tokyo 2020 hat-trick". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

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