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Extratime: Nawal El Moutawakel -Member of the International Olympic Committee

27/07/2012 GMT

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Extratime: Nawal El Moutawakel -Member of the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee member talks to Rob Bonnet.

At the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 a diminutive Moroccan runner named Nawal El Moutawakel won the 400 metres hurdles and so became the first Arab and Muslim woman to win Olympic gold. 

She says her victory changed her life forever and propelled her towards a career in sports administration and as a passionate advocate of women in sport, especially in the Islamic world. 

She's now an influential member of the International Olympic Committee. 

With current IOC president Jacques Rogge due to step down next year, could she be in line to succeed him? 

Nawal El Moutawakel talks to Rob Bonnet.

(Image: Nawal El Moutawakel in 2010. Credit: Getty Images)

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