Nawal El Moutawakel
El Moutawakel in 2009 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
| Representing Morocco | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1984 Los Angeles | 400 m hurdles | |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
| 1983 Casablanca | 400 m hurdles | |
| 1987 Latakia | 400 m hurdles | |
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Nawal El Moutawakel (Amazigh: ⵏⴰⵡⴰⵍ ⵍⵎⵓⵜⴰⵡⴰⵇⵇⵍ ; Arabic: نوال المتوكل; born 15 April 1962) is a Moroccan former hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and is the first Moroccan, Arab, African, and Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold. In 2007, El Moutawakel was named the Minister of Sports in the upcoming cabinet of Morocco.