Nawal El Moutawakel - Iconic Speech

Nawal collects her Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 at the LWSA in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates! Nawal El Moutawakel is a Moroccan former hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 metre hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics In Los Angeles, and was the inaugural female, Muslim, born in Africa, to become an Olympic Gold medalist. In 2007 El Moutawakel was named the Minister of Sports in the upcoming cabinet of Morocco. Subscribe to Laureus' official YouTube channel:    / laureustv   Twitter:   / laureussport   Facebook:   / laureussportforgood   Instagram:   / laureussport   Website: https://www.laureus.com