Kahina Saidi Explained

Kahina Saidi (Arabic: كهينة سعيدي; born March 17, 1984) is an Algerian judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category.^[1] She is a four-time medalist at the African Judo Championships, and a bronze medalist at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.^[2] She also won two medals in the same division at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, and at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.^[3] ^[4]

Saidi represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's half-middleweight class (63 kg). She defeated Malta's Marcon Bezzina in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match by an ippon and a juji gatame (back-lying perpendicular armbar) to Netherlands' Elisabeth Willeboordse, who eventually won the bronze medal in this event.^[5]

External links

Kahina Saidi. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085330/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/kahina-saidi-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 23 December 2012.
News: 2e journée: l’Algérienne Kahina Saidi (-63 kg) décroche le bronze. 2nd day: Algerian Kahina Saidi (63 kg) won the bronze. French. City DZ. 4 July 2009. 23 December 2012. https://archive.today/20130119234429/http://www.city-dz.com/2e-journee-lalgerienne-kahina-saidi-63-kg-decroche-le-bronze/. 19 January 2013. dead. dmy-all.
News: Aflou. Lyes. All Africa games: Algeria shines in judo, swimming. Magharebia. 15 July 2007. 23 December 2012.
News: All African Games - Day 1, 2 and 3. International Judo Federation. 18 September 2011. 23 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120116070021/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk19797. 16 January 2012. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Women's Half Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Preliminaries. NBC Olympics. 23 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821094009/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUW063403/index.html. 21 August 2012. dead.