Soumiya Iraoui

Soumiya Iraoui (born 19 March 1996)[1] is a Moroccan judoka. Iraoui is a silver medalist from the 2019 African Games and a five-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the African Judo Championships. Iraoui also represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Soumiya Iraoui
Personal information
Born (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryMorocco
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍52 kg, ‍–‍57 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.R16 (2023)
African Champ.Gold (2018, 2021, 2023)
Olympic GamesR16 (2020)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Morocco
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat ‍–‍52 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tunis ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Casablanca ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Cape Town ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Antananarivo ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2023 Zagreb ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg
African Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sharm El Sheikh ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Casablanca ‍–‍57 kg
Jeux de la Francophonie
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Abidjan ‍–‍57 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF13042
JudoInside.com38550
Updated on 9 September 2023.

Career

She 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 57 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa.[3] She also won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[4] In that same month, she also competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan.[5] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2019 Judo Grand Prix Tashkent held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6]

She also 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 52 kg 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, she represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10] She competed in the women's 52 kg 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]

She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 52 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2018African Championships1st−57 kg
2019African Championships2nd−52 kg
2019African Games2nd−52 kg
2020African Championships2nd−52 kg
2021African Championships1st−52 kg
2022African Championships3rd−52 kg

References
  1. "Soumiya Iraoui". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. Rowbottom, Mike (13 April 2018). "Iraoui wins first senior gold for Morocco at African Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. "2019 African Judo Championships". African Judo Union. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. Smith, Matthew (19 August 2019). "Egypt win four judo gold medals at 2019 African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. "Women's 52 kg". 2019 World Judo Championships. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. Morgan, Liam (20 September 2019). "Jeong clinches second title at IJF Grand Prix in Tashkent". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. "2020 African Judo Championships". African Judo Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  8. "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  9. Rowbottom, Mike (21 May 2021). "Giantkiller Samy falls in final at 2021 African Judo Championships in Dakar". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. "Tokyo Olympics: Chelsie Giles wins Team GB's first medal with judo bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  12. Belam, Martin (25 July 2021). "Chelsie Giles wins Britain's first medal of Tokyo Olympics with bronze in judo". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  13. "A Real Treat". International Judo Federation. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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