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| Born | (1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 31) Agadir, Morocco | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Goofy | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 Olympics, where he was eliminated in the third round by Michel Bourez of France.
In 2022, he became the first Moroccan to qualify for the World Surf League's (WSL) Championship Tour (CT).
Biography
Boukhiam was born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and a Dutch mother. In his junior career, Boukhiam was twice a medallist at the World Junior Championships, including finishing as runner-up to Gabriel Medina in 2013.
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.
- "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 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.
External links
- Ramzi Boukhiam at the World Surf League
- Ramzi Boukhiam at Olympics.com
- Ramzi Boukhiam at Olympedia (archive)
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| Preceded bySamir Azzimani | Flag bearer for  Morocco Tokyo 2020 with Oumaïma Belahbib |
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