Zouheir El Graoui

Zouheir El Graoui
Personal information
Nationality	Moroccan
Born	(1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30) Casablanca, Morocco
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current club	PSG Stal Nysa
Number	6
Career
Years Teams 2010–2013 2015–2016 2016–2018 2018–2020 2020–2022 2022– Tihad Sportif Club Al Khor SC Asswehly SC Stade Poitevin Poitiers Tours VB Stal Nysa
National team
Morocco
Honours Representing  Morocco Men's volleyball CAVB African Championship 2015 Cairo Men's beach volleyball African Games 2019 Rabat Team

Zouheir El Graoui (born 8 July 1994) is a Moroccan indoor and beach volleyball player. He is part of the Moroccan national team, and was a participant in the beach volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. At the professional club level, he plays for PSG Stal Nysa.

Career

Beach volleyball

El Graoui won the gold medal at the 2017 African Beach Volleyball Championships in Maputo^[1] and the 2019 African Beach Volleyball Championships in Abuja,^[2] the bronze medal at the 2019 All-Africa Beach Games in Sal and the silver medal at the 2019 All-Africa Games in Rabat.^[3]

Indoor volleyball

El Graoui played for Tihad Sportif Club from 2010 to 2013, at Al Khor SC in Qatar from 2015 to 2016, and at Asswehly Sports Club in Libya from 2016 to 2017.

He played in France for Stade Poitevin Poitiers, before signing a two–year contract with Tours VB in 2020.^[4][5]

Olympic Games

El Graoui represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Mohamed Abicha. The duo was defeated in all three games.^[6]

Individual awards

• 2021: CAVB African Championship – Best Receiver

References

1. MATIN, Amine Raad, LE. "Le Matin - La sélection marocaine séniors homme sacrée championne d'Afrique". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
2. "Le Maroc et l'Egypte champions d'Afrique de Beach Volleyball". Africa Top Sports (in French). 30 April 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
3. "L'argent pour les beach-volleyeurs marocains". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
4. "Volley-Ball : Zouheir El Graoui, la révélation du stade Poitevin". France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
5. "Zouheir El Graoui rejoint Tours". LEFIGARO (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
6. "Beach Volleyball - ELGRAOUI Zouheir". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

External links

• Zouheir El Graoui at FIVB.com
• Zouheir El Graoui at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Zouheir El Graoui at the Beach Volleyball Database
• Zouheir El Graoui at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
• Zouheir El Graoui at Volleybox.net
• Zouheir El Graoui at Olympedia (archive)
• Zouheir El Graoui at Olympics.com
• Zouheir El Graoui at the Comité National Olympique Marocain (in French)