Mrs Nawal EL
MOUTAWAKEL

MAR
Entry in the IOC

1998

Born

15 April 1962

Games Participated
Athlete Profile
Education

Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University (United States of America)

Career

Secretary of State to the Minister of Social Affairs, responsible for Youth and Sport (1997-1998); Ministry of Youth and Sports (2007-2009); Member of Parliament of Morocco (2016-2021)

Sports practised

Athletics

Sports career

Moroccan Champion in 100m, 200m, 400m hurdles (1977-1978), Arab Champion in 100m, 200m, 400m hurdles; African Champion in 400m hurdles (1983), USA Champion in 400m hurdles (1984); Olympic Champion in 400m hurdles at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad Los Angeles 1984; gold medallist in 400m hurdles at the Mediterranean Games in Casablanca (Morocco, 1983) and in Damascus (Syria, 1987); bronze medallist in 400m hurdles at the World University Games in Kobe (Japan, 1985) then gold medallsit in Zagreb (then Yugoslavia, 1987)

Sports administration

Member of the Moroccan National Olympic Committee; Member of the Board of the Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation (1993); Member of the FRM Foot office (2017-2018) Member of the African Amateur Athletics Confederation (1995-); Member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Council (1995-); Member of the International Committee of the French-speaking Games (1997- 2005); Member of the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (1998-); Member of the Board of the Arab National Olympic Committees (1998-); Founder Member (2000) then Vice-Chair of the Laureus World Sports Academy (2004-); President of the Moroccan Sport and Development Association (2002-); Member of the International Association Football Federation (FIFA) Women’s Football Commission (2004) and of the Women’s Competitions’ Commission (FIFA) (2007)

Awards and distinctions

National Merit (Exceptional Order) awarded by King Hassan II of Morocco (1983); Knight of the Lion National Order, Republic of Senegal(1998); Unicef Goodwill Ambassador (1999); Mérite National de l’Ordre de Commandeur awarded by King Mohammed VI of Morocco (2004); Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit,Republic of Tunisia (2005); “Lifetime Achievement” award from the Laureus association (2010); United Nations Goodwill ambassador for the Millinium Developpment Goals (2011); Chevalier National du Benin,Republic of Benin (2012); Officer of the National Order, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (2013); Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Lion, Republic of Senegal (2014); Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur of the Republic of France (2015); Order of the Southern Cross, Federative Republic of Brazil

IOC History

Member of the Executive Board (2008-2012 and 2020-2023); IOC Vice- President (2012-2016 and 2024-); Chair of the following Commissions: Evaluation for the Games of the XXX Olympiad in 2012 (2004-2005); Evaluation for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 (2008-2009); Coordination for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad Rio 2016 (2010-2016); member of the following Commissions: Women and Sport (1995-2010) then (2014- 2015), Doping (working group, 1998), “IOC 2000” (1999), Marketing (2000-2010), Nominations (2000-2013), IOC 2000 Reform Follow-up (2002), Coordination for the Games of the XXX Olympiad London 2012 (2005-2012), International Relations (2008-2015), Radio and Television (2014-2015), Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport (2015-2021), Communications (2015-2021), Public Affairs and Corporate Communications (2022-), Olympism 365 (2022-), Women in Sport (2015-2020), Evaluation for the Games of XXXIII Olympiad in 2024 (2016-2017), Coordination for the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 (2018-); coordination of the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad Los Angeles 2028 (2019-)