Najat El Garaa (Arabic: نجاة الكرعة) is a

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from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 discus throw events.

Career

El Garaa 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 ...

in Beijing,

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. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F40 discus throw event. She later competed in the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in London where she won a gold medal in the women's F40 discus throw event. El Garaa made a new World record 32.37 metres. El Garaa was declared Moroccan sportswoman of the year in 2012 and also took Sheikh

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’s Creative Sports Award.

Personal life

Her sisters

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and Hayat are both Paralympic medalists.

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* Paralympic athletes of Morocco Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Morocco Paralympic gold medalists for Morocco Living people World record holders in Paralympic athletics Moroccan female discus throwers Moroccan female shot putters Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Powerlifters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Moroccan women {{Paralympic-medalist-stub