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Morocco at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Morocco at the; 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	MAR
NOC	Moroccan Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.marocolympique.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	20 in 8 sports
Medals; Ranked 43rd	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 7
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2010; 2014; 2018;

Morocco participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Medals

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras	Taekwondo	Girls' +63 kg	11 October
Silver	Anass Essayi	Athletics	1500 metres	15 October
Silver	Yassine Elouarz	Boxing	Boys' -69 kg	17 October
Silver	Anwar Zrhari	Judo	Mixed team	10 October
Silver	Nabil Ech-Chaabi	Karate	Boys' +68 kg	18 October
Silver	Yassine Sekouri	Karate	Boys' 68 kg	18 October
Silver	Safia Salih	Taekwondo	Girls' −55kg	9 October
Bronze	Oussama Edari	Karate	Boys' 61 kg	17 October

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Boxing	0	1	0	1
Karate	0	2	1	3
Taekwondo	1	1	0	2
Total	1	5	1	7

Athletics

Boys
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Mohamed Abouettahery	400 metres	1:51.17	6	1:51.03	4	3:42.20	5
Anass Essayi	1500 metres	3:53.75	2	11:35	2	4
Abderrazzak Mouzdahir	110 metre hurdles	13.76	3	13.57	4	27.33	4
Hamza Sekhmani	2000 metre steeplechase	DNF

Girls
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Meryeme Azrour	1500 metres	4:21.22	3	13:33	5	8	5

Boxing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdessamad Abbaz	-56 kg	Bye	Amram (NRU) W 5–0	Halinichev (UKR) L 0–5	Cuello (ARG) L 0-5	4
Mohammed Boulaouja	-64 kg	Maliqi (KOS) W 3–2	—	Shaiken (KAZ) L RSC R3 2:19	Azim (GBR) L RSC R2 1:49	4
Yassine Elouarz	-69 kg	Bye	Tauta (ASA) W 5–0	Hasanov (AZE) W 4–1	Arregui (ARG) L 0–5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hind Moustakim	-57 kg	Carrillo Carrillo (MEX) L 0–5	did not advance		5

Judo

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anwar Zrhari	Boys' 81 kg	Martin Bezděk (CZE) L 01-10	did not advance		Keagan Young (CAN) L 00-10	did not advance
Mireille Andriamifehy	Girls' 52 kg	Fatime Barka (CHA) W 01-00s2	Irena Khubulova (RUS) L 00s1-10	did not advance	Bye	Noemí Huayhuameza (PER) L 00s1-01s2	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Athens Mireille Andriamifehy (MAD) Martin Bezděk (CZE) Juan Montealegre (COL) Javier Peña Insausti (ESP) Christi Rose Pretorius (ZIM) Tababi Devi Thangjam (IND) Marin Visser (NED) Anwar Zrhari (MAR)	Mixed team	Bye	Team Los Angeles (MIX) W 5–3	Team Rio de Janeiro (MIX) W 5–3	Team Beijing (MIX) L 4–5
Team Atlanta Tiguidanke Camara (GUI) Aleksa Georgieva (BUL) Vusala Karimova (AZE) Adrián Medero (PUR) Rok Pogorevc (SLO) Fatine Rzal (MAR) Adrian Sulca (ROU) Antonio Tornal (DOM)	Mixed team	Team Barcelona (MIX) W 4–3	Team Barcelona (MIX) L 3–4	did not advance

Karate

Morocco qualified two athletes based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.^[1]

Boys' 61 kg - Oussama Edari
Boys' -68 kg - Yassine Sekouri
Boys' +68 kg - Nabil Ech-Chaabi

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Oussama Edari	Boys' 61 kg	Pedropablo de la Roca (GUA) W (4–1)	Alireza Farajikouhikheili (IRI) W (4–0)	Masaki Yamaoka (JPN) D (0–0)	2	Mohammed Al-Assiri (KSA) L (0–2)	did not advance
Yassine Sekouri	Boys' 68 kg	Kotaro Nakamura (JPN) W (8–2)	Abilmansur Batyrgali (KAZ) D (0–0)	Juan Salsench (ARG) W (1–0)	1	Rosario Ruggiero (ITA) W (5–0)	Quentin Mahauden (BEL) L (0–1)
Nabil Ech-Chaabi	Boys' +68 kg	Raukawa Jefferies (NZL) D (0-0)	Robert Avakimov (RUS) W (8-0)	Enes Bulut (TUR) D (0-0)	2	Sean McCarthy Crean (IRL) W (2-1)	Navid Mohammadi (IRI) L (0–5)

Sailing

Morocco qualified one boat based on its performance at the African and European IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.^[2]^[3]

Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Jonas Ouahmid	Boys' TTR	(12)	6	(12)	11	12	9	–	–	–	–	–	–		38	11

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ahmed Yassine Fliyou	Boys' 50 metre breaststroke	29.59	23	did not advance
Samy Ahmed Boutouil	Boys' 50 metre breaststroke	29.12	14	29.10	15	did not advance
Samy Ahmed Boutouil	Boys' 100 metre butterfly	56.95	35	did not advance

Taekwondo

Morocco qualified two athletes during the WORLD TAEKWONDO QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT FOR BUENOS AIRES 2018 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES.

Girls' -55 kg - Safia Salih
Girls' +63 kg - Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Safia Salih	Girls' −55kg	Merveille Marindi (GAB) W 31-1	Rama Abo-Alrub (JOR) W 12-8	Sandy Macedo (BRA) W 4-1	Kanthida Saengsin (THA) L 6-10
Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras	Girls' +63 kg	—	Marcelina Koszel (POL) W 20-4	Mu Wenzhe (CHN) W 17-2	Kimia Hemati (IRI) W 18-16

Wrestling

Morocco qualified one wrestler based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships. ^[4]

Key:

VFA – Victory by Fall
VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Zineb Ech-Chabki	Girls' freestyle −49kg	Szenttamási (HUN) W 8 – 4 ^VPO1	Malmgren (SWE) L 0 – 4 ^VFA	Sim (CAM) W 8 – 0 ^VFA	Duenas (GUM) W 12 – 0 ^VSU	2 Q	Varakina (BLR) L 1 – 12 ^VSU1	4