Youssra Karim (born 26 March 1997) is a Moroccan

para-athlete Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practiced by people with a disability as a parasport. The athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair rac ...

who specializes in throwing events. She represented Morocco at the

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Career

Karim competed in the able-bodied

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in the 58 kg category at the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Youth Olympic Games, Summer Youth Olympic Games, an ...

. Karim represented Morocco in the women's shot put F41 event at the

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and finished in fourth place with a personal best of 8.16 metres. Karim represented Morocco in the women's discus throw F41 event at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

and won a silver medal.

References

1997 births Living people Sportspeople from El Jadida Paralympic athletes for Morocco Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Weightlifters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Morocco Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Moroccan female discus throwers Moroccan female weightlifters 21st-century Moroccan sportswomen {{Morocco-athletics-bio-stub