Oumaima El-Bouchti Explained
| Oumaima El-Bouchti |
| Native Name: | أميمة البوشتي |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Birth Date: | 2000 10, df=yes |
| Country: | Morocco |
| Sport: | Taekwondo |
| Weight Class: | 53 kg |
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 53kg event.[3] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 49kg 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 53kg 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 49kg event.[6] [7] A few months later, she competed in the women's 49kg 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]
Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
|---|
| 2018 | | 1st | 53 kg |
| 2018 | | 3rd | 49 kg |
| 2019 | | 2nd | 53 kg |
| 2021 | | 1st | 49 kg |
| 2022 | | 1st | 53 kg |
| 2023 | | 1st | 53 kg |
| 2024 | | 3rd | 53 kg | |
Notes and References
- News: Iveson. Ali. 7 September 2020. Morocco's Tokyo 2020-qualified taekwondo players attend 20-day training camp. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 February 2021.
- Web site: Day 1 results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200225082752/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DRAW.pdf. 25 February 2020. 9 August 2020. 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.
- Web site: 2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results. Taekwondo Data. 24 February 2020.
- Web site: Taekwondo Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200820194742/https://uptkd.com/tmp/liguillas/Liguillas1727662706RFINAL.pdf. 20 August 2020. 20 August 2020. 2018 Mediterranean Games.
- Web site: Taekwondo Day 1 Results. 2019 African Games. live. 24 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200531213015/https://www.ma-regonline.com/results/1381/RESULTS%20DAY%201%20-%2012TH%20ALL%20AFRICAN%20GAMES%20-%20G4.pdf. 31 May 2020.
- Web site: 2021 African Taekwondo Championships Medalists – Day 1 – June 5. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210606131210/https://www.ma-regonline.com/results/1491/RESULTS%20DAY%201%20BY%20WEIGHT,%202021%20AFRICAN%20SENIOR%20KYORUGI%20CHAMPIONSHIPS%20-%20G4.pdf. 6 June 2021. 12 September 2021. Martial Arts Registration Online.
- News: Palmer. Dan. 8 June 2021. Olympic champion Cissé among winners at African Taekwondo Championships in Dakar. InsideTheGames.biz. 12 September 2021.
- Web site: Taekwondo Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210812122137/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/TKW/OG2020-_TKW_B99_TKW-------------------------------.pdf . 12 August 2021 . 24 August 2021 . 2020 Summer Olympics.
