Oumaima El-Bouchti

Oumaima El-Bouchti
Personal information
Native name
أميمة البوشتي
Born (2000-10-07) 7 October 2000
Benslimane, Morocco
Sport
CountryMorocco
SportTaekwondo
Weight class
53 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Morocco
African Taekwondo Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Agadir53 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Dakar49 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Kigali53 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Abidjan53 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place2023 AccraMixed team
Silver medal – second place2019 Rabat53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Accra53 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 Riyadh51 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tarragona49 kg

Oumaima El-Bouchti (Arabic: أميمة البوشتي, born 7 October 2000) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She is a gold medalist four time at the African Taekwondo Championships. She represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[1][2]

Career

At the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships in Agadir, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event.[3] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 49 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain.[4]

In 2019, she competed in the women's bantamweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. In that same year, she represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event.[5] In the final, she lost against Chinazum Nwosu of Nigeria.[5]

At the 2021 African Taekwondo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event.[6][7] A few months later, she competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match by Sim Jae-young of South Korea.[8]

Achievements

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2018African Championships1st53 kg
2018Mediterranean Games3rd49 kg
2019African Games2nd53 kg
2021African Championships1st49 kg
2022African Championships1st53 kg
2023African Championships1st53 kg
2024African Games3rd53 kg

References

  1. ↑ Iveson, Ali (7 September 2020). "Morocco's Tokyo 2020-qualified taekwondo players attend 20-day training camp". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Day 1 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Mediterranean Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Taekwondo Day 1 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "2021 African Taekwondo Championships Medalists – Day 1 – June 5" (PDF). Martial Arts Registration Online. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Palmer, Dan (8 June 2021). "Olympic champion Cissé among winners at African Taekwondo Championships in Dakar". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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