Morocco at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Morocco participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Morocco at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	MAR
NOC	Moroccan Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.marocolympique.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	20 in 8 sports
Medals Ranked 43rd	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 7
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Medals

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras Taekwondo Girls' +63 kg 11 October  Silver Anass Essayi Athletics 1500 metres 15 October  Silver Yassine Elouarz Boxing Boys' -69 kg 17 October  Silver Anwar Zrhari Judo Mixed team 10 October  Silver Nabil Ech-Chaabi Karate Boys' +68 kg 18 October  Silver Yassine Sekouri Karate Boys' 68 kg 18 October  Silver Safia Salih Taekwondo Girls' −55kg 9 October  Bronze Oussama Edari Karate Boys' 61 kg 17 October

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 1 0 1 Boxing 0 1 0 1 Karate 0 2 1 3 Taekwondo 1 1 0 2 Total 1 5 1 7

Athletics

Boys

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Mohamed Abouettahery	400 metres	1:51.17	6	1:51.03	4	3:42.20	5
Anass Essayi	1500 metres	3:53.75	2	11:35	2	4
Abderrazzak Mouzdahir	110 metre hurdles	13.76	3	13.57	4	27.33	4
Hamza Sekhmani	2000 metre steeplechase	DNF

Girls

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Meryeme Azrour	1500 metres	4:21.22	3	13:33	5	8	5

Boxing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Abdessamad Abbaz	-56 kg	Bye	Amram (NRU) W 5–0	Halinichev (UKR) L 0–5	Cuello (ARG) L 0-5	4
Mohammed Boulaouja	-64 kg	Maliqi (KOS) W 3–2	N/A	Shaiken (KAZ) L RSC R3 2:19	Azim (GBR) L RSC R2 1:49	4
Yassine Elouarz	-69 kg	Bye	Tauta (ASA) W 5–0	Hasanov (AZE) W 4–1	Arregui (ARG) L 0–5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hind Moustakim	-57 kg	Carrillo Carrillo (MEX) L 0–5	Did not advance		5

Judo

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anwar Zrhari	Boys' 81 kg	Martin Bezděk (CZE) L 01-10	Did not advance		Keagan Young (CAN) L 00-10	Did not advance
Mireille Andriamifehy	Girls' 52 kg	Fatime Barka (CHA) W 01-00s2	Irena Khubulova (RUS) L 00s1-10	Did not advance	Bye	Noemí Huayhuameza (PER) L 00s1-01s2	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Athens  Mireille Andriamifehy (MAD)  Martin Bezdek (CZE)  Juan Montealegre (COL)  Javier Peña Insausti (ESP)  Christi Rose Pretorius (ZIM)  Tababi Devi Thangjam (IND)  Marin Visser (NED)  Anwar Zrhari (MAR)	Mixed team	Bye	Team Los Angeles (MIX) W 5–3	Team Rio de Janeiro (MIX) W 5–3	Team Beijing (MIX) L 4–5
Team Atlanta  Tiguidanke Camara (GUI)  Aleksa Georgieva (BUL)  Vusala Karimova (AZE)  Adrián Medero (PUR)  Rok Pogorevc (SLO)  Fatine Rzal (MAR)  Adrian Sulca (ROU)  Antonio Tornal (DOM)		Team Barcelona (MIX) W 4–3	Team Barcelona (MIX) L 3–4	Did not advance

Karate

Morocco qualified two athletes based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.[1]

• Boys' 61 kg - Oussama Edari
• Boys' -68 kg - Yassine Sekouri
• Boys' +68 kg - Nabil Ech-Chaabi

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Oussama Edari	Boys' 61 kg	Pedropablo de la Roca (GUA) W (4–1)	Alireza Farajikouhikheili (IRI) W (4–0)	Masaki Yamaoka (JPN) D (0–0)	2	Mohammed Al-Assiri (KSA) L (0–2)	Did not advance
Yassine Sekouri	Boys' 68 kg	Kotaro Nakamura (JPN) W (8–2)	Abilmansur Batyrgali (KAZ) D (0–0)	Juan Salsench (ARG) W (1–0)	1	Rosario Ruggiero (ITA) W (5–0)	Quentin Mahauden (BEL) L (0–1)
Nabil Ech-Chaabi	Boys' +68 kg	Raukawa Jefferies (NZL) D (0-0)	Robert Avakimov (RUS) W (8-0)	Enes Bulut (TUR) D (0-0)	2	Sean McCarthy Crean (IRL) W (2-1)	Navid Mohammadi (IRI) L (0–5)

Sailing

Morocco qualified one boat based on its performance at the African and European IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.[2][3]

• Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Jonas Ouahmid	Boys' TTR	(12)	6	(12)	11	12	9	–	–	–	–	–	–		38	11

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ahmed Yassine Fliyou	Boys' 50 metre breaststroke	29.59	23	Did not advance
Samy Ahmed Boutouil		29.12	14	29.10	15	Did not advance
	Boys' 100 metre butterfly	56.95	35	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Morocco qualified two athletes during the WORLD TAEKWONDO QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT FOR BUENOS AIRES 2018 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES.

• Girls' -55 kg - Safia Salih
• Girls' +63 kg - Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Safia Salih	Girls' −55kg	Merveille Marindi (GAB) W 31-1	Rama Abo-Alrub (JOR) W 12-8	Sandy Macedo (BRA) W 4-1	Kanthida Saengsin (THA) L 6-10
Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras	Girls' +63 kg	N/A	Marcelina Koszel (POL) W 20-4	Mu Wenzhe (CHN) W 17-2	Kimia Hemati (IRI) W 18-16

Wrestling

Morocco qualified one wrestler based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships. [4]

Key:

• VFA – Victory by Fall
• VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
• VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
• VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
• VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Zineb Ech-Chabki	Girls' freestyle −49kg	Szenttamási (HUN) W 8 – 4 ^VPO1	Malmgren (SWE) L 0 – 4 ^VFA	Sim (CAM) W 8 – 0 ^VFA	Duenas (GUM) W 12 – 0 ^VSU	2 Q	Varakina (BLR) L 1 – 12 ^VSU1	4

References

1. "Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018". World Karate Federation. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
2. "Morocco, South Africa, Italy and Slovenia clinch spots in thrilling Climax". 26 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
3. "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
4. "2018 African Championships". UWW. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.