Nawal El Moutawakel

Nawal El Moutawakel

El Moutawakel in 2009
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Morocco
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles 400 m hurdles
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Casablanca 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1987 Latakia 400 m hurdles

Nawal El Moutawakel (Amazigh: ⵏⴰⵡⴰⵍ ⵍⵎⵓⵜⴰⵡⴰⵇⵇⵍ ; Arabic: نوال المتوكل; born 15 April 1962) is a Moroccan former hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and was the first Moroccan to win an Olympic gold.[1][2][3] In 2007, El Moutawakel was named the Minister of Sports in the upcoming cabinet of Morocco.

  1. ^ Billings, Andrew C. (2008). Olympic media. New York: Routledge. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-415-77250-1. Retrieved 20 March 2009. Taiwan Winter Olympics Boycott.
  2. ^ Nawal El Moutawakel Wise Muslim Women. Retrieved 9 April 2011
  3. ^ Benbachir, Simo (21 July 2019). "El Moutawakel… la championne qui trône sur le cœur des Marocains". Maroc Local et Nouvelles du Monde | Nouvelles juives du Maroc, dernières nouvelles (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2020.