Participants with their diplomas.
Morocco’s Olympic Heritage Wins ISOH Poster Prize
by Philip Barker
Morocco’s Mouad Benouzekri with his winning entry.
Mouad Benouzekri, a lecturer at the Morocco national institute of sport has been named as the winner of the 2026 ISOH Olympic History poster competition.
The competition was held in conjunction with the International Olympic Academy as part of the session for New Young Ambassadors in Olympia.
Participants were asked to produce a poster which highlighted the Olympic history and pioneers in their nation.
Benouzekri’s winning entry highlighted Morocco’s rich sporting traditions even before their Olympic debut at the Rome Games in 1960. It includes Nawal el Moutawakel and Said Aouita who both struck gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
The entry also highlights the influence of Mohamed Benjelloun a gifted sportsman who became President of the Moroccan Olympic Committee and was also co-opted onto the International Olympic Committee.
“Morocco’s Olympic story is not just a national achievement, it is a mirror of Africa’s post-colonial awakening and a testament to how geography culture and resilience can produced world changing athletes,” he said.
For more information on the winning entry https://tangerine-beijinho-c74c6f.netlify.app/
Competition organiser, Tolga Şinoforoğlu, inspects some of the posters.
The best entry from each continent was also recognised. The prizes went to Georgia’s Lika Khabelov for Europe, and the award for Asia to Soyoung Bang of the Republic of Korea.
Tesonna Alleyne and Shaquille Agard of Barbados shared the award for the Americas. Karine and Andrade of Cape Verde won the award for Africa to cap a tremendous 48 hours for the archipelago after their football team’s exploits at the FIFA World Cup.
Other awards:
- Best Historical Accuracy — Burak Çolak (TUR)
- Best Visual Design — Pema Yangzom Ghale (NEP)
- Most Original Concept — Agnete Elmeros Jersild (DEN)
- Informative Value and Visual Clarity — Viva Kovač and Ivan Relić (CRO)
- National Cultural Identity and Character — Maria Luisa Zambrano (COL)
This is the second year of the ISOH/IOA Poster competition and the overall winner receives an invitation to attend the ISOH General Assembly later in the year.
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