| Soumiya Iraoui | |
| Birth Date: | 1996 3, df=yes |
| Country: | Morocco |
| Weight Class: | 52 kg, 57 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | R16 |
| Olympics Year: | 2020 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's 52 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | R16 |
| Worlds Year: | 2023 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's 52 kg |
| Regionals Type: | AF |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2018 |
| Regionals Year2: | 2021 |
| Regionals Weight2: | Women's 52 kg |
| Regionals Year3: | 2023 |
| Regionals Year4: | 2024 |
| Updated: | 26 April 2024 |
Soumiya Iraoui (born 19 March 1996)[1] is a Moroccan judoka. Iraoui is a silver medalist from the 2019 African Games and a six-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the African Judo Championships. Iraoui also represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Iraoui won the gold medal in her event at the 2018 African Judo Championships held in Tunis, Tunisia.[2] She also competed in the women's 57kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
In 2019, Iraoui won the silver medal in the women's 52kg event at the African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa.[3] She also won the silver medal in the women's 52kg event at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco.[4] That same month, she also competed in the women's 52kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[5] A month later, she won a bronze medal in her event at the 2019 Judo Grand Prix Tashkent held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6]
Iraoui won the silver medal in this event at the 2020 African Judo Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar.[7] In 2021, she competed in the women's 52kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar where she was eliminated in her first match by Réka Pupp of Hungary.[8] At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event.[9]
In 2021, Iraoui represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10] She competed in the women's 52kg event.[10] She won her first match against Kachakorn Warasiha of Thailand and she was then eliminated by Chelsie Giles of Great Britain.[10] Giles went on to win one of the bronze medals in the event.[11] [12] A few months later, she lost her bronze medal match in her event at the Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[13]
Iraoui lost her bronze medal match in the women's 52kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1st | −57 kg | ||
| 2019 | 2nd | −52 kg | ||
| 2019 | 2nd | −52 kg | ||
| 2020 | 2nd | −52 kg | ||
| 2021 | 1st | −52 kg | ||
| 2022 | 3rd | −52 kg | ||
| 2023 | 1st | −52 kg | ||
| 2024 | 1st | −52 kg |