Oumaïma Belahbib

Oumaïma Belahbib (born 21 August 1996), also known as Oumayma Belahbib^[1] or Oumayma Bel Ahbib, is a Moroccan amateur boxer, who won a gold medal at the 2017 African Amateur Boxing Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2019 African Games. She has competed in the welterweight (under 69 kg) event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Oumaïma Belahbib

Belahbibi in 2023
Personal information
Born	(1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 28) Morocco
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Welterweight
Medal record Representing  Morocco African Boxing Championships 2017 Brazzaville U64 Arab Games 2023 Algiers U66 African Games 2019 Rabat U69 Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran U66

Career

At the 2017 African Amateur Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, Congo, Belahbib won the under-64 kg event.^[1][2] It was Morocco's first women's gold medal at the African Amateur Boxing Championships,^[2] and their only gold medal of the 2017 Championships.^[3] She won a bronze medal in the under-69 kg event at the 2019 African Games.^[1][4] Later in the year, she competed at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, losing in the round of 16 to India's Lovlina Borgohain.^[5]

In January 2020, she won a bronze medal at the Nations Cup International Boxing Tournament,^[6][7] and in February 2020, Belahbib won her 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament under-69 kg event.^[8] As a result, she qualified for the welterweight (under 69 kg) event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1] Her place at the Games was assured after winning her semi-final against Kenyan Elizabeth Akinyi.^[9] In 2021, she won another bronze medal at the Nations Cup International Boxing Tournament.^[10] At the 2020 Olympics, Belahbib lost her round of 16 match to Ukrainian Anna Lysenko.^[11]

At the 2022 Mediterranean Games, Belahbib reached the semi-finals of the under-66kg event before withdrawing from the competition.^[12] As a result, she won a bronze medal.^[13]

References

1. "Oumayma Belahbib" (in French). Moroccan Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
2. "Oumaïma Belahbib offre au Maroc sa première médaille d'or". Le Matin (in French). 26 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
3. "18emes championnats africains de Boxe : le Cameroun en tête au classement des médailles". Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale (in French). 27 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
4. "Jeux Africains - Rabat 2019" (PDF) (in French). African Boxing Confederation. August 2019. pp. 19, 27, 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
5. "Women's World Boxing Championships: Lovlina Borgohain enters quarterfinals". India Today. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
6. "Moroccan Boxers Shine at International Tournament in Serbia". Moroccan World News. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
7. "Les pugilistes marocaines Khadija El Mardi et Oumaima Belhabib brillent en Serbie". Ya Biladi (in French). 25 January 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
8. "Boxing Road to Tokyo African Qualification Women's Welter (64-49 kg)" (PDF). Boxing Road to Tokyo. 28 February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
9. "Quatre pugilistes valident leurs billets pour Tokyo". Le Matin (in French). 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
10. "Oumaïma Belahbib en bronze à Belgrade". Le Matin (in French). 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
11. "JO 2020: zéro pointé pour les boxeurs marocains". Le 360 Sport (in French). 27 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
12. "Al-Khabar-Four Algerian female boxers in the finals". Fourals. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
13. "Boxing – Women's 66kg – Competition Sheet" (PDF). Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

External links

• Boxing record for Oumayma Bel Ahbib from BoxRec (registration required)
• Oumayma Bel Ahbib at Olympedia
• Oumayma BEL AHBIB at Olympics.com
• Oumayma BEL AHBIB at the Comité National Olympique Marocain (in French)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Samir Azzimani	Flag bearer for  Morocco Tokyo 2020 with Ramzi Boukhiam	Succeeded by Yassine Aouich