Lamya Matoub

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Lamya Matoub
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Lamya Matoub standing on the left
Born (1992-01-18) January 18, 1992 (age 29)
France
Nationality Algeria  France
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Medal record
Representing  Algeria
Women's kumite
African Games
Gold medal – first place Brazzaville 2015 68kg
Bronze medal – third place Rabat 2019 68kg
World Games
Gold medal – first place Wroclaw 2017 68kg
African Karate Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 68kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 team
Silver medal – second place Tanger 2020 68kg
Silver medal – second place Gaborone 2019 68kg
World Karate Championships
Bronze medal – third place Madrid 2018 68kg

Lamya Matoub (born 18 January 1992) is a French-Algerian female karateka who generally competes in the kumite category.[1] She has played in domestic level competitions in France representing Sarcelles club and shifted her focus to represent Algeria in international competitions.[2] Lamya has claimed medals at various sport events including the World Karate Championships and in the World Games.[3] On 26 August 2019, she claimed her second African Games medal in the 50kg kumite category during the 2019 African Games and couldn't able to defend her gold medal she claimed during the 2015 African Games.[4][5]

Career[]

She pursued her career in Algeria and represented Algeria internationally from 2015 and eventually represented Algeria at the 2015 African Games and claimed a gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event. At the 2017 World Games, she secured gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event.[6][7][8]

She also became the champion in the 2018 African Karate Championships and was part of the Algerian team which claimed gold in the team event at the 2018 African Karate Championships.[9] In July 2019, she bagged a silver medal in 68kg kumite event during the 2019 African Karate Championships.[10]

Most notably, she also clinched a bronze medal at the 2018 World Karate Championships representing Algeria.[11] She also represented Algeria at the 2019 African Games and went onto claim bronze medal in the women's 68kg kumite event while her fellow compatriot Imane Taleb also claimed a bronze in 50kg women's kumite event.

In 2021, she competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[12] She did not qualify at this tournament but she was able to qualify via continental representation soon after.[13] She competed in the women's +61 kg event.[14]

Achievements[]

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2017 World Games 2017 wroclaw, Poland 3rd Kumite 68 kg
2018 World Championships Madrid, Spain 3rd Kumite 68 kg

References[]

  1. ^ Kralove, Karate Spartak Hradec. "Matoub Lamya « Competitors « Catalog - Karate results and charts". www.karaterec.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  2. ^ Rédaction, La (2017-08-12). "Boumerdès". La Dépêche de Kabylie (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  3. ^ "De l'or pour Lamya Matoub aux Mondiaux de karaté | El Watan". www.elwatan.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  4. ^ "JA-2019: l'Algérie présente avec 255 athlètes de 23 disciplines". www.aps.dz. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  5. ^ "Medals Board". Africans Games Rabat 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  6. ^ "Result history of The World Games | IWGA". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  7. ^ "Lamya Matoub, invitée n°10 de la soirée Marathons de l'espoir". Sportspassion95 (in French). 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  8. ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Val-d'Oise. Lamya Matoub, karatékate de Sarcelles, double championne d'Afrique". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  10. ^ "Karaté do/Championnats d'Afrique (2e j): l'Algérie porte son capital à 12 médailles". www.aps.dz. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  11. ^ "Championnats du monde de Karaté-do : Lamya Matoub remporte la médaille de bronze". TSA (in French). 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  12. ^ "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.


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