Souhad Ghazouani

Souhad Ghazouani
Personal information
Born (1982-08-07) 7 August 1982 (age 42)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportParalympic powerlifting
DisabilityParaplegia

Souhad Ghazouani (born 7 August 1982) is a French powerlifter born with paraplegia. She started lifting weights at age six. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics she won silver and in that same year was made a Knight of the National Order of Merit. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics she won a bronze.[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she won gold at the 67.5 kg. She also has a world record in her discipline.[2] She is also a wheelchair racer.[3]

She won the bronze medal in the women's 73 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4]

References

  1. ^ "IPC bio". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ^ (in French)Eurosport Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "London 2012". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Powerlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.


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