Algeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Algeria at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Algeria at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ALG
NPC	Algerian National Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	57 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 29th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 12
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Algeria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[1]^[2]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Cherine Abdellaoui	Judo	Women's 52 kg	27 August
Gold	Skander Djamil Athmani	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T13	2 September
Gold	Safia Djelal	Athletics	Women's shot put F57	2 September
Gold	Asmahan Boudjadar	Athletics	Women's shot put F33	2 September
Silver	Nassima Saifi	Athletics	Women's discus throw F57	28 August
Silver	Skander Djamil Athmani	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T13	29 August
Silver	Abdelkrim Krai	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres T38	4 September
Silver	Kamel Kardjena	Athletics	Men's shot put F33	4 September
Bronze	Hocine Bettir	Powerlifting	Men's 65 kg	27 August
Bronze	Mounia Gasmi	Athletics	Women's club throw	27 August
Bronze	Walid Ferhah	Athletics	Men's club throw F32	28 August
Bronze	Lynda Hamri	Athletics	Women's long jump T12	29 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	3	4	3	10
Judo	1	0	0	1
Powerlifting	0	0	1	1
Total	4	4	4	12

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
3	27 August	1	0	2	3
4	28 August	0	1	1	2
5	29 August	0	1	1	2
9	2 September	3	0	0	3
11	4 September	0	2	0	2
Total		4	4	4	12

Competitors

Source:^[3]

#	Sport	Men	Women	Total	Events
1	Athletics	14	8	22	31
2	Goalball	6	0	6	1
3	Judo	2	1	3	3
4	Powerlifting	2	1	3	3
5	Wheelchair Basketball	12	12	24	2
Total		36	22	58	40

Athletics

22 athlete in 31 events:^[4]

Number	Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Number	Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men's Track & Road
1	Skander Djamil Athmani	100m T13	10.59 AR	1 Q	10.54 AR
2	Skander Djamil Athmani	400m T13	47.86 SB	1 Q	46.70 WR
3	Abdellatif Baka	400m T13	Did not start
4	Abdellatif Baka	1500m T13	—	3:59.56 SB	8
5	Mohamed Berrahal	100m T51	—	21.94 SB	4
6	Mohamed Berrahal	200m T51	—	40.04 AR	4
7	Sid Ali Bouzourine	400m T36	—	57.91 AR	6
8	Nacer-Eddine Karfas	Marathon T12	—	2:41:02	11
9	Salah Khelaifia	100m T13	11.48 SB	12	Did not advance
10	Abdelkrim Krai	1500m T38	—	4:03.07
11	Samir Nouioua	1500m T46	—	3:55.56 SB	4
Men's Field
12	Mohamed Nadjib Amchi	Shot put F32	—		9.62	5
13	Lahouari Bahlaz	Shot put F32	—		10.37 SB	4
14	Lahouari Bahlaz	Club throw F32	—		33.06 SB	5
15	Mohamed Berrahal	Discus throw F52	—		12.74	7
16	Walid Ferhah	Club throw F32	—		35.34 AR
17	Kamel Kardjena	Shot put F33	—		11.34 SB
18	Ahmed Mehideb	Shot put F32	—		9.51 SB	7
19	Ahmed Mehideb	Club throw F32	—		31.34 PB	8
Women's Field
20	Nadjet Boucherf	Club throw F51	—	13.01 PB	5
21	Asmahan Boudjadar	Shot put F33	—	7.10 PR
22	Achoura Boukoufa	Javelin throw F46	—	31.01	8
23	Safia Djelal	Shot put F57	—	11.29 WR,PB
24	Safia Djelal	Discus throw F57	—	29.47	5
25	Mounia Gasmi	Shot put F32	—	5.42	6
26	Mounia Gasmi	Club throw F32	—	23.29
27	Lynda Hamri	Long jump T12	—	5.33 SB
28	Nadia Medjmedj	Shot put F57	—	Did not start
29	Nadia Medjmedj	Javelin throw F56	—	20.02 SB	4
30	Nassima Saifi	Shot put F57	—	10.29 SB	5
31	Nassima Saifi	Discus throw F57	—	30.81

Goalball

Algeria men's and women's team qualified via 2020 IBSA African Championship held in Port Said, Egypt.^[5]

Women

On Wednesday 21 April 2021 the International Blind Sports Federation received a 'notification of a late withdrawal of one of the women's teams from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games'.^[6]^[7] Several days later the International Paralympic Committee announced the withdrawal of the women's team from Algeria, and that Egypt received the slot.^[8] No reason behind the team's withdrawal was indicated.

Men

The following is the Algeria roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[9]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Samir Belhouchat	B2	(1974-10-20)20 October 1974 (aged 46)
2	Firas Bentria	B1	(1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 34)
3	Imad Eddine Godmane	B1	(1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 30)
4	Omar Mebarki	B2	(1994-02-05)5 February 1994 (aged 27)
5	Djalal Boutadjine	B3	(1994-12-18)18 December 1994 (aged 26)
7	Abdelhalim Larbi	B1	(1984-05-26)26 May 1984 (aged 37)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	4	3	0	1	37	15	+22	9	Quarter-finals
2	Brazil	4	3	0	1	35	17	+18	9
3	United States	4	2	0	2	25	35	−10	6
4	Lithuania	4	1	1	2	24	31	−7	4
5	Algeria	4	0	1	3	20	43	−23	1

Source: TOCOG
(H) Hosts

25 August 2021 13:15	Algeria	4–13	Japan	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
	Belhouchat 3 Larbi 1	Report	Kaneko 7 Miyajiki 3 Sano 2 Yamaguchi 1

26 August 2021 19:00	Lithuania	7–7	Algeria	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
	Pavliukianec 3 Pazarauskas 3 Zibolis 1	Report	Belhouchat 7

27 August 2021 20:30	Brazil	10–4	Algeria	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Robert Avery (Great Britain), Raquel Gomez Aguado (Spain)
	Moreno 5 Sousa 4 De Melo 1	Report	Belhouchat 4

29 August 2021 17:30	Algeria	5–13	United States	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
	Belhouchat 4 Larbi 1	Report	Young 8 Simpson 3 Walker 2

Judo

Number	Athlete	Event	Rank
Men
1	Ishak Ouldkouider	Men's –60kg	9
2	Abderrahmane Chetouane	Men's –90kg	9
Women
3	Cherine Abdellaoui	Women's –52kg

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Men
Hadj Ahmed Beyour	Men's −49 kg	143 kg	7
Hocine Bettir	Men's −65 kg	192 kg
Women
Samira Guerioua	Women's −45 kg	90 kg	4

Wheelchair basketball

The men's and women's team qualified after winning the gold medal at the 2020 African Zonal Championship held in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[10]

Summary

Key:

ET: After extra time

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / Placing match
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Algeria men's	Men's tournament	Great Britain L 43-70	Australia L 37-83	Iran L 47-81	Germany L 50-71	United States L 25-86	6	Did not advance		Colombia L 47-70	12
Algeria women's	Women's tournament	China L 25-74	Netherlands L 18-109	Spain L 8-80	United States L 21-62	—	5	Did not advance		Australia L 32-71	10

Men

The following is the Algeria roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. ^[11]

Algeria men's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster

Players

Coaches

No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Pts.
4	Oussama Baghradji	24 – (1996-11-05)5 November 1996	1.5
5	Abdennour Benredouane	30 – (1991-08-16)16 August 1991	4.0
6	Ayoub Badrane	27 – (1994-03-20)20 March 1994	2.5
7	Rafik Mansouri	40 – (1980-10-07)7 October 1980	2.0
8	Mostefa Abassi	43 – (1977-09-25)25 September 1977	2.5
9	Nabil Guedoun	44 – (1977-08-04)4 August 1977	4.0
10	Hakim Badache	35 – (1986-08-03)3 August 1986	4.0
11	Samir Ladjadjat	40 – (1981-03-31)31 March 1981	3.5
12	Abderraouf Abbad	34 – (1986-10-27)27 October 1986	1.0
13	Omar Zidi	37 – (1984-01-23)23 January 1984	4.0
14	Abdelkarim Megueddem	35 – (1986-06-04)4 June 1986	3.0
15	Bilel Ayache	40 – (1981-06-02)2 June 1981	3.5

Head coach

Mustapha Brahimi

Assistant coach(es)

Boualem Benazouz

Legend

Age - describes age on 24 August 2021

Women

The following is the Algeria roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. ^[12]

Algeria women's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster

Players

Coaches

No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Pts.
4	Nebia Mehimda	36 – (1985-07-31)31 July 1985	3.0
5	Naoual Khedir	34 – (1987-06-13)13 June 1987	4.0
6	Yamina Ghoul	48 – (1972-08-30)30 August 1972	1.5
7	Hafida Belhadef	43 – (1978-03-28)28 March 1978	4.0
8	Fatima Bouzidi	32 – (1988-08-27)27 August 1988	1.0
9	Djamila Khemgani	39 – (1982-01-12)12 January 1982	4.0
11	Dahbia Semati	44 – (1976-09-06)6 September 1976	1.5
12	Kheira Zairi	36 – (1984-09-28)28 September 1984	4.0
13	Zohra Sellami	39 – (1982-03-14)14 March 1982	2.5
14	Samiha Abdelali	33 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988	2.5
15	Nourhane Boublal	28 – (1993-06-23)23 June 1993	4.5

Head coach

Ahmed Taghiche

Assistant coach(es)

Youcef Houri

Legend

Age - describes age on 24 August 2021

References

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^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games | IPC". Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
^ "Para Athletics (Formerly IPC Athletics) News & Events". Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
^ "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball African Championships". IBSA. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
^ "Tokyo 2020 goalball group draw to take place". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 17 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ "Tokyo 2020 goalball group draw postponed". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ "Egypt to take women's goalball slot at Tokyo 2020". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 24 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ "Goalball – Team Algeria". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "Colombia clinch bronze and Tokyo 2020 spot". IWBF. September 1, 2019. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
^ "Algeria men's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Algeria women's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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[2] "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[3] "Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games | IPC". Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-31.

[4] "Para Athletics (Formerly IPC Athletics) News & Events". Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-31.

[5] "Egypt to host IBSA Goalball African Championships". IBSA. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

[6] "Tokyo 2020 goalball group draw to take place". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 17 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[7] "Tokyo 2020 goalball group draw postponed". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[8] "Egypt to take women's goalball slot at Tokyo 2020". International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). 24 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[9] "Goalball – Team Algeria". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[iwbf_bronze_tokyo_spot-10] "Colombia clinch bronze and Tokyo 2020 spot". IWBF. September 1, 2019. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.

[11] "Algeria men's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[12] "Algeria women's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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Algeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Contents

Medallists

Competitors

Athletics

Goalball

Women

Men

Judo

Powerlifting

Wheelchair basketball

Men

Women

See also

References