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Oumaïma Belahbib

Oumaïma Belahbib

Moroccan boxer (born 1996)

Oumaïma Belahbib (born 21 August 1996), also known as Oumayma Belahbib[1] or Oumayma Bel Ahbib, is a Moroccan amateur boxer, who won a gold medal at the 2017 African Amateur Boxing Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2019 African Games. She has competed in the welterweight (under 69 kg) event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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At the 2017 African Amateur Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, Congo, Belahbib won the under-64 kg event.[1][2] It was Morocco's first women's gold medal at the African Amateur Boxing Championships,[2] and their only gold medal of the 2017 Championships.[3] She won a bronze medal in the under-69 kg event at the 2019 African Games.[1][4] Later in the year, she competed at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, losing in the round of 16 to India's Lovlina Borgohain.[5]

In January 2020, she won a bronze medal at the Nations Cup International Boxing Tournament,[6][7] and in February 2020, Belahbib won her 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament under-69 kg event.[8] As a result, she qualified for the welterweight (under 69 kg) event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] Her place at the Games was assured after winning her semi-final against Kenyan Elizabeth Akinyi.[9] In 2021, she won another bronze medal at the Nations Cup International Boxing Tournament.[10] At the 2020 Olympics, Belahbib lost her round of 16 match to Ukrainian Anna Lysenko.[11]

At the 2022 Mediterranean Games, Belahbib reached the semi-finals of the under-66kg event before withdrawing from the competition.[12] As a result, she won a bronze medal.[13]

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    "Quatre pugilistes valident leurs billets pour Tokyo". Le Matin (in French). 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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    "Oumaïma Belahbib en bronze à Belgrade". Le Matin (in French). 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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    "JO 2020: zéro pointé pour les boxeurs marocains". Le 360 Sport (in French). 27 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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    "Al-Khabar-Four Algerian female boxers in the finals". Fourals. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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    "Boxing – Women's 66kg – Competition Sheet" (PDF). Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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