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 (age 28)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryMorocco
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍52 kg, ‍–‍57 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2020)
World Champ.R16(2023)
African Champ.Gold(2018, 2021, 2023,
Gold( 2024)
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
Gold medal – first place 2024 Cairo ‍–‍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 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