Sofia Djelal

Sofia Djelal (Arabic: صفية جلال, born 4 March 1983) is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F56-58 javelin throw events.

Career

Paralympic Games She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a gold medal in the women's F56-F58 javelin throw event. She also competed in the F56-F58 shot put and discus events.

IPC Athletics World Championships At the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen, Netherlands, Djelal won gold in the women's javelin F57/58 event, as well as silver in the shot put F58 event.

In 2015, Djelal was awarded a bronze medal in the F57 discus event at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha. In 2023, she broke her own world record of F57 weight throw (in a wheelchair) at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, with a throw of 11.57 metres.