Meriem Moussa

Meriem Moussa

Personal information
Born	(1988-05-11) 11 May 1988
Died
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country	Algeria
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍48 kg, ‍–‍52 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R16 (2008)
World Champ.	R16 (2010, 2011)
African Champ.	Gold (2007, 2009, 2017)
Medal record Women's judo Representing Algeria African Games Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers ‍–‍48 kg Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat ‍–‍52 kg African Championships Gold medal – first place 2009 Mauritius ‍–‍48 kg Gold medal – first place 2017 Antananarivo ‍–‍52 kg Silver medal – second place 2008 Agadir ‍–‍48 kg Silver medal – second place 2016 Tunis ‍–‍52 kg Bronze medal – third place 2006 Mauritius ‍–‍48 kg Bronze medal – third place 2010 Yaounde ‍–‍52 kg Bronze medal – third place 2014 Port Louis ‍–‍52 kg Bronze medal – third place 2015 Libreville ‍–‍52 kg Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tunis ‍–‍52 kg Bronze medal – third place 2019 Cape Town ‍–‍52 kg IJF Grand Slam Bronze medal – third place 2010 Paris ‍–‍52 kg African Junior Championships Gold medal – first place 2005 Tunis ‍–‍48 kg Gold medal – first place 2006 South Africa ‍–‍48 kg Summer Universiade Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bangkok ‍–‍48 kg Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 28 November 2022

Meriem Moussa (Arabic: مَرْيَم مُوسَى; born 11 May 1988) is an Algerian judoka, who competes in the extra-lightweight category.

Career

Moussa was a four-time medalist at the African Championships, and a gold medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers. She also won two bronze medals in the same division at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.

Moussa represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She defeated Gabon's Sandrine Ilendou in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match by a waza-ari (half-point) to Germany's Michaela Baschin.

In October 2011, Moussa refused to compete against Israeli Shahar Levi in the knockout round of the Judo World Cup in Rome, Italy.

See also

• Boycotts of Israel in individual sports

External links

• Meriem Moussa at The-Sports.org
• Meriem Moussa on Instagram
• NBC Olympics Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2012)