Zouheir El Graoui (born 8 July 1994) is a Moroccan indoor and beach volleyball player. He is part of the Moroccan national team, and was a participant in the beach volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. At the professional club level, he plays for PSG Stal Nysa.

Zouheir El Graoui
Personal information
NationalityMorocco Moroccan
Born (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30)
Casablanca, Morocco
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubPSG Stal Nysa
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
2010–2013
2015–2016
2016–2018
2018–2020
2020–2022
2022–
Tihad Sportif Club
Al Khor SC
Asswehly SC
Stade Poitevin Poitiers
Tours VB
Stal Nysa
National team
 Morocco
Honours
Representing  Morocco
Men's volleyball
CAVB African Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Cairo
Men's beach volleyball
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat Team

Career

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Beach volleyball

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El Graoui won the gold medal at the 2017 African Beach Volleyball Championships in Maputo[1] and the 2019 African Beach Volleyball Championships in Abuja,[2] the bronze medal at the 2019 All-Africa Beach Games in Sal and the silver medal at the 2019 All-Africa Games in Rabat.[3]

Indoor volleyball

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El Graoui played for Tihad Sportif Club from 2010 to 2013, at Al Khor SC in Qatar from 2015 to 2016, and at Asswehly Sports Club in Libya from 2016 to 2017.

He played in France for Stade Poitevin Poitiers, before signing a two–year contract with Tours VB in 2020.[4][5]

Olympic Games

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El Graoui represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Mohamed Abicha. The duo was defeated in all three games.[6]

Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ MATIN, Amine Raad, LE. "Le Matin - La sélection marocaine séniors homme sacrée championne d'Afrique". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Le Maroc et l'Egypte champions d'Afrique de Beach Volleyball". Africa Top Sports (in French). 30 April 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ "L'argent pour les beach-volleyeurs marocains". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Volley-Ball : Zouheir El Graoui, la révélation du stade Poitevin". France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Zouheir El Graoui rejoint Tours". LEFIGARO (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Beach Volleyball - ELGRAOUI Zouheir". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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