Safia Djelal
Sofia Djelal 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 at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, with a throw of 11.57 metres.