Meriem Moussa Explained
Birth Date: | 11 May 1988 |
Height: | 1.50 m |
Weight Class: | 48 kg, 52 kg |
Worlds Rank: | R16 |
Worlds Year: | 2010 |
Worlds Year2: | 2011 |
Worlds Weight2: | Women's 52 kg |
Regionals Type: | AF |
Regionals Rank: | 1 |
Regionals Year: | 2007 |
Regionals Weight: | Women's 48 kg |
Regionals Year2: | 2009 |
Regionals Year3: | 2017 |
Olympics Rank: | R16 |
Olympics Year: | 2008 |
Olympics Weight: | Women's 48 kg |
Updated: | 28 November 2022 |
Meriem Moussa (Arabic: مريم موسى; born 11 May 1988) is an Algerian judoka, who played for the extra-lightweight category.[1]
Career
Moussa was a four-time medalist at the African Championships, and a gold medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers.[2] She also won two bronze medals in the same division at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.[3] [4]
Moussa represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She defeated Gabon's Sandrine Ilendou in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match by a waza-ari (half-point) to Germany's Michaela Baschin.[5]
In October 2011, Moussa refused to compete against Israeli Shahar Levi in the knockout round of the Judo World Cup in Rome, Italy.[6] [7]
See also
- Boycotts of Israel in individual sports
Notes and References
- Meriem Moussa . https://web.archive.org/web/20121218120158/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/meriem-moussa-1.html . dead . 18 December 2012 . 23 December 2012.
- News: Aflou . Lyes . All Africa games: Algeria shines in judo, swimming . Magharebia . 15 July 2007 . 23 December 2012.
- Web site: 2011 SU Update: Today’s Medals at the Universiade . . 15 August 2011 . 23 December 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130222113008/http://www.fisu.net/fr/2011-SU-Update-Todays-Medals-at-the-Universiade-3133.html?mbID=3849 . 22 February 2013.
- News: Japanese judoka Fukumi wins women's 48kg gold at Universiade . https://archive.today/20130210143648/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/16/content_6545475.htm . dead . 10 February 2013 . . 16 August 2007 . 23 December 2012.
- Web site: Women's Extra Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Preliminaries . . 23 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821142210/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUW048407/index.html . 21 August 2012 . dead.
- https://www.si.com/vault/2012/08/06/106219648/never-forgotten "Never Forgotten,"
- https://www.echoroukonline.com/ara/articles/105604.html "Judo World Cup: Algerian Meriem Moussa Rejects Facing Israeli Judoka"