Laila El Garaa (Arabic: ليلى الڭرعة) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

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from

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

competing mainly in category F40 shot put events.

Career

She competed in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

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, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's F40 shot put event. She also took part in the women's F40 javelin throw She also competed in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F40 shot put event. She also took part in the women's F40 discus throw.

Personal life

Her sisters Najat and Hayat are both Paralympic medalists.

References

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* Paralympic athletes for Morocco Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Morocco Paralympic bronze medalists for Morocco Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Moroccan female discus throwers Moroccan female shot putters Competitors in athletics with dwarfism Female competitors in athletics with disabilities Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Moroccan women 20th-century Moroccan people 21st-century Moroccan women 21st-century Moroccan people {{Paralympic-medalist-stub