Sonia Asselah

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Sonia Asselah
Personal information
NationalityAlgerian
Born (1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 30)[1]
Tizi Ouzou
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Sport
CountryAlgeria
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Medal record

Sonia Asselah (born 20 August 1991 in Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian judoka. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but eliminated in the first round by Karina Bryant.[2] She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the Algerian flag bearer.[3]

At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the silver medal in her event.[4] She had previously won the silver medal in the event in 2020.[5]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she finished in 17th place after losing to Yelyzaveta Kalanina of Ukraine in the first round.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-08-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://www.london2012.com/judo/event/women-more-than-78kg/phase=juw178500/index.html
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-07-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Houston, Michael (23 May 2021). "Rouhou reclaims title on final day of African Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Thank you Kazan!". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  6. ^ "Sonia Asselah". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Algeria
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Succeeded by


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