Hayat El Garaa

Hayat El Garaa

Personal information
Nationality	Moroccan
Born	(1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 (age 28)
Sport
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability class	F41
Event(s)	shot put discus throw
Club	Friends Club
Coached by	Zedmout Aziz Lakhdar Abdelouaha
Medal record Women's para-athletics Representing  Morocco Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo discus throw F41

Hayat El Garaa (born 2 March 1996) is a Moroccan para-athlete who specializes in throwing events. She represented Morocco at the Paralympic Games.

Career

El Garaa represented Morocco in the women's shot put F41 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and finished in seventh place with a throw of 6.97 metres. She again represented Morocco in the women's discus throw F41 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal.^[1]

Personal life

Her sisters Najat and Laila are both Paralympic medalists.^[2]

References

1. "Hayat El Garaa". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
2. "Hayat El Garaa". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 September 2021.