Nawal El Moutawakel
Moroccan 1984 Olympic champion and Minister of Sports
Biography
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 is the first Moroccan, Arab, African, and Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold. She is currently a vice president of the International Olympic Committee. In August 2024, the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) voted her as the fourth best female athlete of the past 100 years after Serena Williams, Nadia Comăneci and Simone Biles. In 2007, El Moutawakel was named the Minister of Sports in the upcoming cabinet of Morocco.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- Member of the House of Representatives of Morocco
- Minister of Youth and Sport
- member of the International Olympic Committee
Awards & honours (2)
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Knight of the National Order of the Lion
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