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El-Moutawakel scored an upset victory with a personal best time, making her the first Moroccan Olympic Champion. She was president of the selection committee for the 2012 summer games and is the first Muslim woman to be on the committee. Before her are Yahya al-Mu'tasim (null), Michel Qissi (1962), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Yves Lacoste (1929), Idris II of Morocco (791), and Touria Chaoui (1936).
She is currently a vice president of the International Olympic Committee. Since her historic win, Nawal has championed female athletes all over the world. Before her are Saïd Aouita (1959). After serving on the IAAF council, she became an IOC member in 1998, and was named a member of the Executive Board in 2008, and later served a term as an IOC Vice-President.
After her are Said Belqola (1956), Alain Souchon (1944), Eva Illouz (1961), Ibn 'Idhari (1300), Abu Zakariya Yahya (1203), and Ahmed Osman (1930).
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Among athletes born in Morocco, Nawal El Moutawakel ranks 2.
She was also first woman from an Islamic nation to win an Olympic gold medal, notable since sport for women was still deemed an inappropriate activity by many Muslims.
El-Moutawakel has since played a role in making women’s sports more acceptable in the Arab world. In 2007, El Moutawakel was named the Minister of Sports in the upcoming cabinet of Morocco.
Before her are Wyomia Tyus, Morris Kirksey, Henry Russell, Charles Dvorak, Olga Gyarmati, and František Čapek. She competed in the inaugural 400-meter hurdles event and placed first, beating her personal best by .76 seconds and winning the gold medal. Since 2007, she has been the Moroccan Minister of Youth and Sports. She is a member of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), and she was selected to be a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1998.
Her talent brought her to the United States, specifically to the track team at Iowa State University. The King of Morocco at the time, Hassan II, declared that every girl born on her victory day would be named Nawal in her honor. After retiring from her active career – in which she won additional titles at the Mediterranean Games (1983, 1987), the Universiade (1987), the African Championships (1982, 1984, 1985) and the Maghreb Championships (1983) – she became a sports administrator.
After her are Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929), Hicham El Guerrouj (1974), Brahim Boutayeb (1967), Nezha Bidouane (1969), Hasna Benhassi (1978), Jaouad Gharib (1972), Salah Hissou (1972), Mohammed Achik (1965), Khalid Boulami (1969), and Brahim Lahlafi (1968).
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Nawal El Moutawakel
Biography
Nawal El Moutawakel was the first woman from a Muslim-majority country to win an Olympic gold medal, the first Moroccan to win an Olympic gold medal, and the first African woman to win an Olympic medal.
She has also been active in politics, serving as the minister of youth and sports (2007-09) and the secretary of state at the same Ministry (1997-98).
Personal Best: 400H – 54.61 (1984).
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While a student, she was asked by the Moroccan track team to compete with them in the 1984 summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). But with those nations boycotting the Los Angeles Olympics, the inaugural Olympic 400 m hurdles for women was wide open. Before her are Esai Morales, Nick Kamen, Michael Weikath, Melissa Sue Anderson, Ginger Lynn, and Shinobu Ikeda.
Nawal El Moutawakel is the 340th most popular athlete (down from 315th in 2024), the 80th most popular biography from Morocco (up from 89th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Moroccan Athlete.
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Among athletes, Nawal El Moutawakel ranks 340 out of 6,025.