Oumaima El-Bouchti

Oumaima El-Bouchti (Arabic: أميمة البوشتي, born 7 October 2000) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She is a silver medalist at the African Games and the Islamic Solidarity Games. She is also a two-time gold medalist at the African Taekwondo Championships. She represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]

Oumaima El-Bouchti
Personal information
Native nameأميمة البوشتي
Born (2000-10-07) 7 October 2000
Sport
CountryMorocco
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat 53 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Agadir 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar 49 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona 49 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya 53 kg

Career

At the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event.[3] In the same year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 49 kg 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 53 kg 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 49 kg event.[6][7] A few months later, she competed in the women's 49 kg 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
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2018African Championships1st53 kg
2018Mediterranean Games3rd49 kg
2019African Games2nd53 kg
2021African Championships1st49 kg

References
  1. Iveson, Ali (7 September 2020). "Morocco's Tokyo 2020-qualified taekwondo players attend 20-day training camp". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. "Day 1 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. "2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Mediterranean Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. "Taekwondo Day 1 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. "2021 African Taekwondo Championships Medalists – Day 1 – June 5" (PDF). Martial Arts Registration Online. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  7. Palmer, Dan (8 June 2021). "Olympic champion Cissé among winners at African Taekwondo Championships in Dakar". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  8. "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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