Oumaima El-Bouchti (Arabic: أميمة البوشتي, born 7 October 2000) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She is a gold medalist four time at the African Taekwondo Championships. She represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[1][2]
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| Native name | أميمة البوشتي | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 2000 Ben Slimane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 53 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships in Agadir, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event.[3] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 49 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain.[4]
In 2019, she competed in the women's bantamweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. In that same year, she represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event.[5] In the final, she lost against Chinazum Nwosu of Nigeria.[5]
At the 2021 African Taekwondo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event.[6][7] A few months later, she competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match by Sim Jae-young of South Korea.[8]
Achievements
edit| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
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| 2018 | African Championships | 1st | 53 kg |
| 2018 | Mediterranean Games | 3rd | 49 kg |
| 2019 | African Games | 2nd | 53 kg |
| 2021 | African Championships | 1st | 49 kg |
| 2022 | African Championships | 1st | 53 kg |
| 2023 | African Championships | 1st | 53 kg |
| 2024 | African Games | 3rd | 53 kg |
References
edit- ^ Iveson, Ali (7 September 2020). "Morocco's Tokyo 2020-qualified taekwondo players attend 20-day training camp". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Day 1 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Mediterranean Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Taekwondo Day 1 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "2021 African Taekwondo Championships Medalists – Day 1 – June 5" (PDF). Martial Arts Registration Online. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (8 June 2021). "Olympic champion Cissé among winners at African Taekwondo Championships in Dakar". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
External links
edit- Oumaima El-Bouchti at TaekwondoData.com
- Oumaima El-Bouchti at Olympics.com
- Oumaima El-Bouchti at Olympedia
- Oumaima El-Bouchti at the Moroccan National Olympic Committee (in French)
