Mounia Gasmi

Mounia Gasmi
Personal information
Born (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990
Batna, Algeria
Height 156 cm (61 in)
Sport
Country Algeria
Sport Athletics
Disability Cerebral palsy
Disability class F32
Event(s) shot put
club throw
Club Aures Batna

Mounia Gasmi (born 2 May 1990) is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in F32 classification throwing events.[1]

Gasmi represented her country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, entering both the F32-34 shot put and the F31/32/51 club throw events. She finished seventh in the shot put, but a best distance of 22.51 metres in the club throw saw her take the silver medal. As well as her Paralympic success Gasmi has qualified for four consecutive IPC World Championships winning one gold and three silver medals, two silvers in the shot put and a gold and silver in the club throw.[2] Her distance of 25.07m at the 2017 World ParaAthletics Championships in London gave Gasmi her first World title.

Notes

  1. "Gasmi, Mounia". Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. "Gasmi, Mounia". IPC. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
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