Ramzi Boukhiam

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.

Ramzi Boukhiam
Personal information
Born (1993-09-14) 14 September 1993
Agadir, Morocco
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Surfing specifications
StanceGoofy
Medal record
Surfing
Representing  Morocco
World Surfing Games
2024 AreciboMen
World Junior Championships
2013 FlorianópolisShortboard
2012 BaliShortboard

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
  1. "Surfing / Ramzi Boukhiam / Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. "Ramzi Boukhiam Surfer Bio". World Surf League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. "Meet The Man Who's Got Morocco Dialed In". World Surf League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. "Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam wins international championship in Israel". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  5. "Gabriel Medina and Ella Williams are 2013 ASP World Junior champions". Surfer Today. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. "Freestone wins World Juniors". ESPN. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. "Morocco's Ramzi Boukhiam qualifies for world surf league championship tour 2023". The North Africa Post. December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  8. "Moroccan Surfer Ramzi Boukhiam Wins Silver at World Surfing Games". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2024-03-04.


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