Ramzi Boukhiam: first Moroccan at the Olympics

 

 

During the Japan 2020 Olympic Games and for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, surfing will appear as an additional sport.

Ramsay Boukhiam will become the first African surfer and the first Moroccan to qualify for the 2020 Japan Summer Olympics.

He will also be the only representative of the African continent with the South African surfer Bianca Buitendag in the female category.

 

The Olympic Games will take place from Friday, July 24 to Sunday, August 9.

The Olympic Games, also called modern Olympic Games, since they prolong the tradition of the Olympic Games of ancient Greece.

are major international sports events, gathering summer or winter sports.

Thousands of athletes participate in different competitions every four years, for each modern Olympiad. surf Morocco

Originally held in the religious center of Olympia, in ancient Greece from the seventh century BC to the fifth century AD, the Games were renovated by the French Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 when he founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Since then, the IOC has become the governing body of the Olympic movement, whose structure and decisions are defined by the Olympic Charter.