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 six-time medalist, including three 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
Olympic GamesR16 (2020)
World Champ.R16 (2023)
African Champ. (2018, 2021, 2023,
( 2024)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Morocco
African Games
2019 Rabat ‍–‍52 kg
African Championships
2018 Tunis ‍–‍57 kg
2021 Dakar ‍–‍52 kg
2023 Casablanca ‍–‍52 kg
2024 Cairo ‍–‍52 kg
2019 Cape Town ‍–‍52 kg
2020 Antananarivo ‍–‍52 kg
2022 Oran ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2023 Zagreb ‍–‍52 kg
2019 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg
African Junior Championships
2015 Sharm El Sheikh ‍–‍57 kg
2016 Casablanca ‍–‍57 kg
Jeux de la Francophonie
2017 Abidjan ‍–‍57 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF13042
JudoInside.com38550
Updated on 26 April 2024

Career

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

In 2019, Iraoui 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 in Rabat, Morocco.[4] That same month, she also competed in the women's 52 kg 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 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, Iraoui 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]

Iraoui 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
2023African Championships1st−52 kg
2024African Championships1st−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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