Meriem Moussa

Meriem Moussa
Personal information
Nationality  Algeria
Born (1988-05-11) 11 May 1988
Height 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) 48 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Algeria
All-Africa Games
2007 Algiers 48 kg
Universiade
2007 Bangkok 48 kg
2011 Shenzhen 48 kg
African Judo Championships
2009 Port Louis 48 kg
2008 Agadir 48 kg
2006 Port Louis 48 kg
2010 Yaounde 48 kg

Meriem Moussa (Arabic: مريم موسى‎‎; born May 11, 1988) is an Algerian judoka, who played for the extra-lightweight category.[1] She is a four-time medalist at the African Judo 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Meriem Moussa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Aflou, Lyes (15 July 2007). "All Africa games: Algeria shines in judo, swimming". Magharebia. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "2011 SU Update: Today's Medals at the Universiade". FISU. 15 August 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Japanese judoka Fukumi wins women's 48kg gold at Universiade". Xinhua. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Women's Extra Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 December 2012.


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