Bilal Mallakh (Arabic: بلال ملاخ, born November 24, 2003)[2] also known as B-Boy Billy,[3][4][5] is a Moroccan breakdancer. He competed in the B-Boys event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He and fellow Moroccan Fatima El-Mamouny won the 2023 WDSF Africa Breaking Championship to become the first African breakdancers at the Olympic games.[6]
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| Born | 24 November 2003 Morocco | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Morocco | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Breakdancing | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
editMallakh was born in Morocco.[2]
References
edit- ^ Wagner, Amuna (23 July 2024). "Bilal Mallakh Is Super Proud "to Represent Morocco and Africa" in Olympic Breakdancing". OkayAfrica. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Billy". 2024 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Zine, Ghita (7 August 2024). "JO 2024 : Les breakdancers marocains Mallakh et El-Mamouny font leurs débuts". Yabiladi (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Renjifo, Daniel (7 August 2024). "As Olympic breaking debuts in Paris, a Moroccan duo is head over heels about the Games". CNN. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Ladha, Nishat (8 August 2024). "The Moroccan trailblazer chasing Olympic breaking gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Jiwani, Rory (13 May 2023). "2023 WDSF Africa Breaking Championship: Moroccan duo Elmamouny and Billy become first athletes to qualify in Olympic breaking". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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