Personal information | |
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Born | 11 May 1988 |
Occupation | Judoka |
Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Algeria |
Sport | Judo |
Weight class | –48 kg, –52 kg |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic Games | R16 ( 2008) |
World Champ. | R16 ( 2010, 2011) |
African Champ. | ( 2007, 2009, 2017) |
Medal record | |
Profile at external databases | |
IJF | 755 |
JudoInside.com | 39199 |
Updated on 28 November 2022. |
Meriem Moussa ( Arabic: مريم موسى; born 11 May 1988) is an Algerian judoka, who played for the extra-lightweight category. [1]
Moussa was a four-time medalist at the African Championships, and a gold medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers. [2] She also won two bronze medals in the same division at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China. [3] [4]
Moussa represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She defeated Gabon's Sandrine Ilendou in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match by a waza-ari (half-point) to Germany's Michaela Baschin. [5]
In October 2011, Moussa refused to compete against Israeli Shahar Levi in the knockout round of the Judo World Cup in Rome, Italy. [6] [7]