Roumaysa Boualam (Arabic: رميسة بوعلام; born 10 October 1994) is an Algerian amateur boxer. She won the gold medal in the women's minimumweight event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[2] She is also a two-time gold medalist at the African Games. She competed at several editions of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships.
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| Born | October 10, 1994[1] Oran, Algeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Algeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2019, Boualam won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[3] She defeated Yasmine Moutaqui of Morocco in her gold medal match.[3]
In 2020, Boualam qualified at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Diamniadio, Senegal to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] She is the first female boxer from Algeria to represent her country at the Summer Olympics.[5] She competed in the women's flyweight event.[4]
Boualam won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Amateur Boxing Championships held in Maputo, Mozambique.[6]
In 2024, Boualam won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Boxing BOUALAM Roumaysa - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Archived from the original on 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Women's flyweight" (PDF). 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Boxing Olympic Qualification – Dakar | Day 7 As It Happened". Olympic Channel. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Session 9 Results – 2022 African Amateur Boxing Championships" (PDF). African Boxing Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2023 African Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
External links
edit- Roumaysa Boualam at BoxRec (registration required)
- Roumaysa Boualam at Olympedia
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