Lamya Matoub Explained

Lamya Matoub
Birth Date:18 January 1992
Birth Place:France

Lamya Matoub (born 18 January 1992) is a French-Algerian female karateka who generally competes in the kumite category.[1] She has played in domestic level competitions in France representing Sarcelles club and shifted her focus to represent Algeria in international competitions.[2] Lamya has claimed medals at various sport events including the World Karate Championships and in the World Games.[3] On 26 August 2019, she claimed her second African Games medal in the 50 kg kumite category during the 2019 African Games and couldn't able to defend her gold medal she claimed during the 2015 African Games.[4] [5]

Career

She pursued her career in Algeria and represented Algeria internationally from 2015 and eventually represented Algeria at the 2015 African Games and claimed a gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event. At the 2017 World Games, she secured the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event.[6] [7] [8]

She also became the champion in the 2018 African Karate Championships and was part of the Algerian team which claimed gold in the team event at the 2018 African Karate Championships.[9] In July 2019, she bagged a silver medal in 68 kg kumite event during the 2019 African Karate Championships.[10]

Most notably, she also clinched a bronze medal at the 2018 World Karate Championships representing Algeria.[11] She also represented Algeria at the 2019 African Games and went onto claim bronze medal in the women's 68 kg kumite event while her compatriot Imane Taleb also claimed a bronze in 50 kg women's kumite event.

In 2021, she competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France, hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[12] She did not qualify at this tournament, but she was able to qualify via continental representation soon after.[13] She competed in the women's +61 kg event.[14]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2017World Games 2017Wroclaw, Poland 3rdKumite 68kg
2018World ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain3rdKumite 68kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matoub Lamya « Competitors « Catalog - Karate results and charts . Kralove . Karate Spartak Hradec . www.karaterec.com . en . 2019-08-27.
  2. Web site: Boumerdès . Rédaction . La . 2017-08-12 . La Dépêche de Kabylie . fr-FR . 2019-08-27.
  3. Web site: De l'or pour Lamya Matoub aux Mondiaux de karaté El Watan. www.elwatan.com. 2019-08-27. 27 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827075810/https://www.elwatan.com/edition/sports/de-lor-pour-lamya-matoub-aux-mondiaux-de-karate-28-07-2017. dead.
  4. Web site: JA-2019: l'Algérie présente avec 255 athlètes de 23 disciplines . www.aps.dz . 2019-08-27.
  5. Web site: Medals Board . Africans Games Rabat 2019 . en-US . 2019-08-27.
  6. Web site: Result history of The World Games IWGA. www.theworldgames.org. 2019-08-27.
  7. Web site: Lamya Matoub, invitée n°10 de la soirée Marathons de l'espoir . 2017-12-09 . Sportspassion95 . fr-FR . 2019-08-27.
  8. Web site: Karate Results . 2017 World Games . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 24 April 2020 . 24 April 2020.
  9. Web site: Val-d'Oise. Lamya Matoub, karatékate de Sarcelles, double championne d'Afrique . actu.fr . fr-FR . 2019-08-27.
  10. Web site: Karaté do/Championnats d'Afrique (2e j): l'Algérie porte son capital à 12 médailles . www.aps.dz . 2019-08-27.
  11. Web site: Championnats du monde de Karaté-do : Lamya Matoub remporte la médaille de bronze . 2018-11-10 . TSA . fr . 2019-08-27.
  12. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf . 14 June 2021 . 14 June 2021 . World Karate Federation.
  13. News: 15 June 2021 . Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 . World Karate Federation . 15 June 2021.
  14. Web site: Karate Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf . 10 August 2021 . 10 August 2021 . 2020 Summer Olympics.

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