Name: Mohamed Lahna
Sport: Paratriathlon
Birthplace: Casablanca, Morocco
Current Residence: Bay Area, Calif.
College: College of San Mateo (San Mateo, Calif.)

Career Highlights
Two-time World Triathlon Para Series medalist (1 silver, 1 bronze)

Prior to Competing for Team USA
2018 ITU World Paratriathlon Series Iseo-Franciacorta bronze medalist
2016 Paralympic bronze medalist (representing Morocco) 
2011 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships silver medalist
Eight-time ITU World Paratriathlon Event medalist (2 golds, 4 silvers, 2 bronzes)
Two-time CAMTRI Paratriathlon American Championships medalist (1 gold, 1 silver)

Personal: Born and raised in Morocco, and represented that country in triathlon competition through 2016. He is the eldest of five children and was born with proximal femoral focal deficiency that essentially left him without a femur in his right leg He was fit with his first real prosthesis at age 20, rode a bike for the first time at 25, crossed the Atlas Mountains at 26 and ran a marathon at 27. He moved to California in 2011 to study Mechanical Engineering at the College of San Mateo. After competing under the World Triathlon name for many years, he finally officially joined Team USA at the end of 2021 and competed in his first international competition wearing the red, white and blue. He now is working toward making his first Paralympic Games appearance for Team USA at the Paris 2024 Games. He was the first adaptive athlete to complete the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon.

Elite Triathlon Career

2022: Earned the silver medal at the 2022 Americas Triathlon Para Championships Sarasota-Bradenton in Florida on March 13 • Competed in the World Triathlon Para Series season opener in Yokohama and claimed the silver medal in Japan on May 14 • Earned another podium by finishing third at the World Triathlon Para Series event in Montreal, Canada on July 8 • Finished fourth in Abu Dhabi on November 24 at the World Triathlon Para Championships.

2021: Competed in his first official paratriathlon event as a part of Team USA at the 2021 World Triathlon Para Championships in Abu Dhabi on November 5, where he placed sixth.

(Career Highlights Prior to competing for Team USA)

2018: Opened the season with a bronze for PTS2 men at the Sarasota-Bradenton CAMTRI Paratriathlon American Championships • Finished 4th at the ITU World Paratriathlon Series Yokohama on May 12 • Earned a 3rd place finish at the ITU World Paratriathlon Series Iseo-Franciacorta on June 30 • Placed 4th at the ITU World Paratriathlon Series Edmonton on July 27 • Finished 4th at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Gold Coast, Australia, on Sept. 15

2017: Earned two medals in ITU World Paratriathlon Series events, a silver in Edmonton and a bronze in Yokohama • Took silver for PTS2 men at the Sarasota CAMTRI Paratriathlon American Championships • Placed fourth in the men’s PTS2 class at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Rotterdam

2016: Won a bronze medal for Morocco in the men’s PT2 class in paratriathlon’s debut at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games • Took silver at the Buffalo City ITU World Paratriathlon Event • Placed sixth at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Rotterdam

2015: Placed fifth for PT2 men at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Chicago • Claimed gold at the Edmonton ITU World Paratriathlon Event • Took silver at the Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Event • Earned a bronze medal at the Besançon ITU World Paratriathlon Event • Placed fourth at ITU World Paratriathlon Events in Detroit and Rio de Janeiro •  

2014: Placed fourth in the men’s PT2 class at the Chicago ITU World Paratriathlon Event

2013: Won gold at the Edmonton ITU Paratriathlon International Event in the men’s TRI-2 category • Took silver for TRI-2 men at the San Diego ITU Paratriathlon International Event

2012: Placed seventh for TRI-2 men at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Auckland

2011: Claimed silver in the men’s TRI-2 category at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Beijing

2010: Placed fourth for men in the TRI-2 category at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Budapest