Abderrahman Ait Khamouch Badaui[1] (born 9 November 1986) is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T46 middle distance and marathon events.

[3][4] As a minor, when Ait Khamouch was 15 years old, he tried to enter Spain illegally three times via boats from Laayoune to the Canary Islands.

[4] Ait Khamouch wrote an autobiography in Arabic titled "The Angel with the Crooked Wing."

[5] Ait Khamouch is a Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category T46 middle distance and marathon events.

Following the race, he approached the Morocco Paralympic Committee about competing in athletics, but they rejected him citing a variety of factors.

The Athletics Federation of Catalonia and others assisted in getting Ait Khamouch Spanish citizenship in time for him to represent Spain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

[4] He qualified for and competed in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships where he was one of thirty-two competitors representing Spain.

[7] He lost part of his Catalan-based scholarship a year and a half prior to this, a decision that Ait Khamouch labeled as politically motivated.

[3] Ait Khamouch finished in second position at the London Paralympics in the T46 marathon event because he had a coughing fit with 400 meters left in the race.