Ghofran Khelifi

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Ghofran Khelifi
Personal information
Born (1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 (age 23)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportJudo
Weight class57 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Tunisia
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat −57 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Antananarivo −57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cape Town −57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar −57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tunis −57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Antananarivo −57 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona −57 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF15570
JudoInside.com105956
Updated on 7 November 2021.

Ghofran Khelifi (born 9 July 1998)[1] is a Tunisian judoka. She is a gold medalist at the African Games. She is also a three-time gold medalist at the African Judo Championships. She represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Career[]

She won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2017 African Judo Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. A year later, she won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2018 African Judo Championships held in Tunis, Tunisia. In that year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.[3] In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa.[4][5] At the 2020 African Judo Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar, she won one of the bronze medals in her event.

In January 2021, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[6] At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event.[7] In June 2021, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her first match by Sanne Verhagen of the Netherlands.

She competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match by Ivelina Ilieva of Bulgaria.[2]

Achievements[]

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2017 African Championships 1st −57 kg
2018 African Championships 3rd −57 kg
2018 Mediterranean Games 3rd −57 kg
2019 African Championships 1st −57 kg
2019 African Games 1st −57 kg
2020 African Championships 3rd −57 kg
2021 African Championships 1st −57 kg

References[]

  1. ^ "Ghofran Khelifi". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Judo Medalists" (PDF). 2018 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ "2019 African Judo Championships". African Judo Union. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ^ Etchells, Daniel (25 April 2019). "Home favourite Whitebooi strikes gold on opening day of African Senior Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (21 May 2021). "Giantkiller Samy falls in final at 2021 African Judo Championships in Dakar". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

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