Nawal El Moutawakel — English Wikipedia

English Wikipedia article on Nawal El Moutawakel (born 15 April 1962 in Casablanca), the Moroccan hurdler who won the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics; it describes her as the first Moroccan, Arab, African, and Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold medal, and records her appointment as Morocco's Minister of Youth and Sports in 2007 and her vice-presidency of the International Olympic Committee.