Moroccan taekwondo practitioner
Oumaima El-Bouchti
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Native name | أميمة البوشتي |
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Born | (2000-10-07) 7 October 2000 (age 24) Ben Slimane |
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Country | Morocco |
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Sport | Taekwondo |
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Weight class | 53 kg |
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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]
Career
At 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]
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