Diassonema Mucungui Explained

Birth Date:6 June 1996
Country:Angola
Weight Class:57 kg, 63 kg
Worlds Rank:R32
Worlds Year:2019
Worlds Weight:Women's 57 kg
Worlds Year2:2023
Worlds Weight2:Women's 63 kg
Regionals Type:AF
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2020
Olympics Rank:R32
Olympics Year:2020
Olympics Weight:Women's 57 kg
Updated:9 September 2023

Diassonema Mucungui (born 6 June 1996)[1] is an Angolan judoka. She is a bronze medalist at the African Games and a three-time medalist at the African Judo Championships. She represented Angola at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Career

In 2019, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57kg event at the African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa.[3] [4] In 2020, she won the gold medal in this event at the African Judo Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar.[5] [6]

She competed in the women's 57kg event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[7] She also competed in the women's 57kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2017 3rd −57 kg
2019 3rd −57 kg
2019 3rd −57 kg
2020 1st −57 kg
2023 2nd −63 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diassonema Mucungui. live. 19 December 2020. JudoInside.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20170916225136/http://www.judoinside.com:80/judoka/113718/Diassonema_Mucungui/judo-results . 2017-09-16 .
  2. Web site: Judo Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
  3. News: Etchells. Daniel. 25 April 2019. Home favourite Whitebooi strikes gold on opening day of African Senior Judo Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 27 December 2020.
  4. Web site: 2019 African Judo Championships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190904223735/https://www.africajudo.org/competition/1727/results. 4 September 2019. 20 August 2020. African Judo Union.
  5. News: Pavitt. Michael. 17 December 2020. Whitebooi retains title as African Judo Championships begins in Madagascar. InsideTheGames.biz. 5 July 2021.
  6. Web site: 2020 African Judo Championships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201226021430/https://www.africajudo.org/competition/2044/results. 26 December 2020. 26 December 2020. African Judo Union.
  7. Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. live. 12 January 2021. International Judo Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20210112080811/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2180/draw . 2021-01-12 .