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 Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 FlorianópolisShortboard
Bronze medal – third place2012 BaliShortboard

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.[1][2][3]

In 2022, he became the first Moroccan to qualify for the World Surf League's (WSL) Championship Tour (CT).[4]

Biography

Boukhiam was born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and a Dutch mother.[5] In his junior career, Boukhiam was twice a medallist at the World Junior Championships, including finishing as runner-up to Gabriel Medina in 2013.[6][7]

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. ↑ "Morocco's Ramzi Boukhiam qualifies for world surf league championship tour 2023". The North Africa Post. December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam wins international championship in Israel". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  6. ↑ "Gabriel Medina and Ella Williams are 2013 ASP World Junior champions". Surfer Today. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Freestone wins World Juniors". ESPN. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2021.


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