Saoussen Boudiaf | |
Native Name: | سوسن بوضياف |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Fullname: | Saoussen Dlindah Hilane Boudiaf |
Birth Date: | 31 December 1993[1] |
Birth Place: | Roubaix, France |
Nationality: | French, Algerian |
Height: | 1.73m |
Weight: | 69kg |
Country: | France (2013-2019) Algeria (2021-present) |
Hand: | right-handed |
Fieranking: | current ranking |
Saoussen Dlindah Hilane Boudiaf (Arabic: سوسن دليندة هلان بوضياف;[2] born 31 December 1993) is a sabre fencer.[3] Born in France, she represents Algeria internationally and competed for France in the past. She won the gold medal in the women's individual sabre event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[4]
Boudiaf was born in France to an Ivorian father and Algerian mother. She never met her father, her mother died when Boudiaf was six, and she was raised by her aunt and grandmother.[5] At the age of 11, her aunt encouraged her to practice a sport and she picked up fencing at a local club.[6]
Boudiaf is Muslim.[1]