Moroccan Paralympic athlete (born 1987)
Abdelillah Gani (born 18 September 1987) is a Moroccan para-athlete specializing in shot put. He represented Morocco at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
Gani represented Morocco at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[1] This was the first time Morocco qualified for the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[2]
Gani represented Morocco at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the shot put F53 event, with a throw of 8.79 metres.[3][4]
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the shot put F53 event with a throw of 9.22 metres. Giga Ochkhikidze originally won gold, however, after an appeal of the national delegation against a false attempt, Gani was upgraded to gold.[5] Ochkhikidze's gold medal was later reinstated following another appeal.[6]
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