Lahouari Bahlaz

Lahouari Bahlaz (born 12 March 1979) is an Algerian track and field athlete who competes in disability athletics in the F32 category. Bahlaz specializes in both the discus and club throw, winning two bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[1]

Lahouari Bahlaz
Personal information
NationalityAlgerian
Born (1979-03-12) March 12, 1979
Oran, Algeria
Sport
CountryAlgeria
SportAthletics
DisabilityCerebral Palsy
Disability classF32
ClubEl-Amel Sports Association
Coached byKadda Mohammed Krachai
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Paralympic Games
2012 London Discus – F31/32/52
2012 London Club throw – F32-34
IPC World Championships
2011 ChristchurchDiscus – F32-34
2011 ChristchurchClub throw – F31/32/52
2013 LyonDiscus – F32-34
2013 LyonClub throw – F31/32/52
2017 LondonClub throw - F32
2015 DohaClub throw – F32

Athletics career

Bahlaz began training as an athlete at the age of 30.[1] His first major international competition was at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch. There he entered two throwing events the club throw and the discus winning gold in both and setting a new world record of 20.30m in the latter.[2] He followed this by representing Algeria at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, again competing in the club throw F31/32/52 and discus F32-24. At London he equaled his world record distance in the discus, but he was beaten into third place with world records by both Wang Yanzhang of China (F34) and Hani Alnakhli of Saudi Arabia (F33). Bahlaz took his second bronze medal of the Games with a throw of 36.31m and missing out on the gold medal by 7 points.

He followed this in 2013 with another successful World Championships, beating both Wang and Alnakhli in the discus to retain his gold medal. He also successfully defended his club throw title to leave Lyon with two gold medals.[1]

References
  1. "Bahlaz, Lahouari". IPC. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Pistorius Lights Up Christchurch With 200m Gold as Records Tumble". IPC. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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