Ramzi Boukhiam
Surfing | ||
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Representing Morocco | ||
World Surfing Games | ||
2024 Arecibo | Men | |
World Junior Championships | ||
2013 Florianópolis | Shortboard | |
2012 Bali | Shortboard |
Ramzi Boukhiam (born 14 September 1993 in Agadir) is a Moroccan surfer. He placed 6th overall at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games, earning qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics as the highest-placed African surfer. He competed in the men's shortboard event at the 2020 Olympics, where he was eliminated in the third round by Michel Bourez of France.[1][2][3] He qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Biography
Boukhiam was born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and a Dutch mother.[4] In his junior career, Boukhiam was twice a medallist at the World Junior Championships, including finishing as runner-up to Gabriel Medina in 2013.[5][6]
Career
In 2022, he became the first Moroccan to qualify for the World Surf League's (WSL) Championship Tour (CT).[7]
On 3 March 2024, Boukhiam won a silver medal at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games, thus becoming the first Moroccan to ever win a medal in the World Surfing Games.[8]
References
- ^ "Surfing / Ramzi Boukhiam / Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Ramzi Boukhiam Surfer Bio". World Surf League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Meet The Man Who's Got Morocco Dialed In". World Surf League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam wins international championship in Israel". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ "Gabriel Medina and Ella Williams are 2013 ASP World Junior champions". Surfer Today. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Freestone wins World Juniors". ESPN. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Morocco's Ramzi Boukhiam qualifies for world surf league championship tour 2023". The North Africa Post. December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
- ^ "Moroccan Surfer Ramzi Boukhiam Wins Silver at World Surfing Games". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
External links
- Ramzi Boukhiam at the World Surf League
- Ramzi Boukhiam at Olympics.com
- Ramzi Boukhiam at Olympedia
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Preceded by | Flag bearer for Morocco Tokyo 2020 with Oumaïma Belahbib | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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