Linda Mazri

Linda Mazri (Arabic: ليندا مازري; born 21 December 2001) is an Algerian badminton player.^[1] She is the gold medalist in African Games and African Championships.^[2][3][4]

Linda Mazri
Personal information
Country	Algeria
Born	(2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 22) El Biar, Algiers, Algeria
Residence	Chéraga, Algiers, Algeria
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Years active	2011–
Handedness	Right
Event	Doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Algeria African Games 2019 Rabat Mixed doubles 2019 Rabat Mixed team African Championships 2018 Algiers Mixed doubles 2019 Port Harcourt Mixed doubles 2020 Cairo Mixed doubles 2021 Kampala Mixed team 2023 Benoni Women's doubles 2018 Algiers Women's doubles 2023 Benoni Mixed team Africa Team Championships 2020 Cairo Women's team 2018 Algiers Women's team 2024 Cairo Women's team African Youth Games 2018 Algiers Girls' doubles 2018 Algiers Girls' team 2018 Algiers Girls' singles African Junior Championships 2016 Casablanca Girls' singles 2016 Casablanca Girls' doubles 2016 Casablanca Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

Mazri started representing Algeria at an early age of 13 and competed for the first time with the national team in the Serbian Under-15 International Championship, and at that time won two bronze medals in the singles and women's doubles competitions. Mazri also represented her country in the African Under-15 Championship hosted by Egypt and won the bronze medal in the singles category and the silver in the mixed doubles. After that, she participated in the South African International Championships and won the singles bronze and the girls' doubles gold, and in the Uganda International Championship she won the singles gold and the singles bronze as well as won many medals and titles at the level of singles, doubles and mixed doubles in the Arab championships. Mazri shined in the World Open Championship that was held in Algeria in 2017 when she won the gold of mixed doubles and the bronze of the girls' doubles, and in the following year, in the African Games, she won the gold of mixed doubles, and she repeated the same thing in the African Championship held in Nigeria 2019 by winning gold in Mixed doubles, bronze in Women's doubles event and qualified for the World Championships in China in 2018.^[5]

Achievements

African Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Koceila Mammeri	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany	21–19, 21–16	Gold

African Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne, Algiers, Algeria	Halla Bouksani	Allisen Camille Juliette Ah-Wan	16–21, 19–21	Bronze
2023	John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa	Yasmina Chibah	Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens	19–21, 12–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne, Algiers, Algeria	Koceila Mammeri	Enejoh Abah Peace Orji	21–17, 15–21, 21–12	Gold
2019	Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Koceila Mammeri	Enejoh Abah Peace Orji	15–21, 21–16, 21–18	Gold
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Koceila Mammeri	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany	13–21, 21–18, 19–21	Silver

African Youth Games

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Salle Protection-Civile de Dar El-Beïda, Algiers, Algeria	Halla Bouksani	15–21, 12–21	Silver

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Salle Protection-Civile de Dar El-Beïda, Algiers, Algeria	Halla Bouksani	Jemimah Leung For Sang Ganesha Mungrah	21–17, 21–17	Gold

African Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Casablanca, Morocco	Halla Bouksani	10–21, 9–21	Silver

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Casablanca, Morocco	Sirine Ibrahim	Johanita Scholtz Zani van der Merwe	21–23, 21–18, 16–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Casablanca, Morocco	Samy Khaldi	Yacine Belhouane Sirine Ibrahim	14–21, 15–21	Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Algeria International	Halla Bouksani	9–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Ethiopia International	Halla Bouksani	Lekha Shehani Waduthantri Kavindika Binari de Silva	12–21, 21–19, 8–21	Runner-up
2018	Algeria International	Halla Bouksani	Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	19–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	Egypt International	Yasmina Chibah	Julia Meyer Leona Michalski	21–19, 11–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2023	Algeria International	Yasmina Chibah	Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Ethiopia International	Sifeddine Larbaoui	Misha Zilberman Svetlana Zilberman	Walkover	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Uganda Junior International	Halla Bouksani	21–13, 14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2017	Mauritius Junior International	Halla Bouksani	14–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2017	Ivory Coast Junior International	Halla Bouksani	15–21, 9–21	Runner-up

Girls' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Uganda Junior International	Halla Bouksani	Husina Kobugabe Tracy Naluwooza	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2017	South Africa Junior International	Halla Bouksani	Johanita Scholtz Megan de Beer	21–14, 16–21, 21–19	Winner
2017	Zambia Junior International	Halla Bouksani	Sendila Mourat Shania Leung	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2017	Algeria Junior International	Halla Bouksani	Malak Basem Sobhy Ebrahim Nour Ahmed Youssri	21–18, 21–9	Winner
2017	Egypt Junior International	Halla Bouksani	Jana Ashraf Esraa Mohamed Hany	21–11, 21–11	Winner
2017	Mauritius Junior International	Halla Bouksani	Kritisha Mungrah Vilina Appiah	21–14, 21–9	Winner
2017	Ivory Coast Junior International	Halla Bouksani	Eyram Yaa Migbodzi Grace Annabel Atipaka	21–7, 21–15	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Uganda Junior International	Sifeddine Larbaoui	Brian Kasirye Husina Kobugabe	16–21, 28–26, 21–17	Winner
2017	Algeria Junior International	Sifeddine Larbaoui	Mohamed Mostafa Kamel Hana Hesham Mohamed	21–11, 21–3	Winner
2017	Ivory Coast Junior International	Sifeddine Larbaoui	Montaser Mahmoud Jana Ashraf	19–21, 24–22, 21–17	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

1. "Profile : Linda MAZRI". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. "Algeria grabs gold in mixed doubles". www.aps.dz. Algérie Presse Service. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
3. Ifetoye, Samuel (29 April 2019). "Africa: Team Nigeria Wins All Africa Senior Badminton Championships". The Guardian. Lagos. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
4. Monye, Alex (20 February 2018). "Mauritania tops as Nigeria wins five medals at Africa Badminton championship". m.guardian.ng. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
5. جمادى, الثاني (27 February 2020). "الجزائرية ليندا مازري.. النجومية في وقت مبكر". www.alayam.com (in Arabic). Alayam Newspaper. Retrieved 26 September 2020.