Salima Souakri Explained

Salima Souakri
Office:Secretary of State for Youth and Sports
Term Start:29 June 2020
President:Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Primeminister:Aymen Benabderrahmane
Nadir Larbaoui
Birth Date:6 December 1974
Predecessor:Noureddine Morceli
Term End:7 July 2021

Salima Souakri (born 6 December 1974) is an Algerian judoka who competed at four Olympic Games.[1]

Career

She finished in joint fifth place in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics, having lost the bronze medal match to Yolanda Soler of Spain. She moved up to the half-lightweight (52 kg) division, finishing seventh in the 2000 Olympic Games and fifth again at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. On this occasion she lost the bronze medal match to Amarilis Savon of Cuba.

Between 29 June 2020 and 7 July 2021, Souakri served as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, succeeding Noureddine Morceli.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Salima Souakri Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031305/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/salima-souakri-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 30 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Salima Souakri Becomes Minister Delegate in Charge of Elite Sport . 2022-10-20 . www.ijf.org . en.