Safia Salih Explained

Safia Salih
Birth Date:2001 3, df=yes
Country:Morocco
Sport:Taekwondo

Safia Salih (born 16 March 2001) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 62kg event.[1] [2]

At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she won the silver medal in the 55kg event. In 2019, she competed in the women's lightweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships where she was eliminated by Anna-Lena Frömming in her first match.

She competed in the women's 67kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[3] She was eliminated in her second match by eventual bronze medalist Magda Wiet-Hénin of France.[3]

She competed in the women's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She also competed in the women's welterweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taekwondo Day 3 Results. 2019 African Games. 24 February 2020.
  2. News: O'Kane. Patrick. Morocco top taekwondo African Games medal table as sport showcased in Rabat. 24 August 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 27 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Taekwondo Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706132341/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/TKW/ResultBook/GDM2022_TKW_v1.1.pdf . 6 July 2022 . 6 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.