Abdelillah Gani
{{Short description|Moroccan Paralympic athlete (born 1987)}}
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| nationality = Moroccan
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| sport = Para-athletics
| event = shot put
| disability_class = F53
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{{Medal|Sport|Para-athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition| Paralympic Games }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2024 Paris | Shot put F53}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Kobe|Shot put F53}}
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Abdelillah Gani (born 18 September 1987) is a Moroccan para-athlete specializing in shot put. He represented Morocco at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
Gani represented Morocco at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. This was the first time Morocco qualified for the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.{{cite web |url=https://iwbf.org/2018/08/08/history-in-the-making-for-morocco-men/ |title=History in the making for Morocco’s Men |website=iwbf.org |date=8 August 2018 |access-date=1 September 2024}}
Gani represented Morocco at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the shot put F53 event, with a throw of 8.79 metres.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/kobe-2024-para-athletics-world-championships-leon-schaefer-sabrine-fortune-save-their-best-last-sunday |title=Kobe 2024: Leon Schaefer, Sabrine Fortune save their best for last on rainy Sunday |website=paralympic.org |date=19 May 2024 |access-date=1 September 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/498700/Iran-s-Mokhtari-takes-bronze-at-2024-World-Para-Athletics |title=Iran’s Mokhtari takes bronze at 2024 World Para Athletics |newspaper=The Tehran Times |date=19 May 2024 |access-date=1 September 2024}}
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the shot put F53 event with a throw of 9.22 metres. Giga Ochkhikidze originally won gold, however, after an appeal of the national delegation against a false attempt, Gani was upgraded to gold.{{cite web |url=https://sport.le360.ma/athletisme/jeux-paralympiques-2024-la-medaille-dabdelillah-gani-au-lancer-du-poids-f53-reevaluee-en-or-114129|title=Jeux Paralympiques 2024: la médaille d’Abdelillah Gani au lancer du poids (F53) réévaluée en or (2024 Paralympic Games: Abdelillah Gani's shot put medal (F53) upgraded to gold) |date=1 September 2024 |access-date=1 September 2024 |language=French}} Ochkhikidze's gold medal was later reinstated following another appeal.{{cite web |url=https://www.agenda.ge/en/news/2024/40377#gsc.tab=0 |title=Georgian para athlete’s gold medal reinstated following appeal against revocation |website=agenda.ge |date=1 September 2024 |access-date=1 September 2024}}
References
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Category:Paralympic athletes for Morocco
Category:Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Morocco
Category:21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
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