Nada Laaraj

Nada Laaraj (Arabic: ندي لعرج‎, born 2 September 2000) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She is scheduled to represent Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

Nada Laaraj
Personal information
Native nameندي لعرج
Born (2000-09-02) 2 September 2000
Sport
CountryMorocco
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Morocco
African Games
2019 Rabat 57 kg
African Taekwondo Championships
2018 Agadir 57 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku 57 kg

Career

In May 2017, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The following month, she competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships held in Muju, South Korea where she was eliminated in her second match by Jade Jones of Great Britain. At the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event.[2][3] In that same year, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.

In 2019, she competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. A few months later, she represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event.[4][5] In 2020, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco and she qualified to represent Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6][7]

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2017Islamic Solidarity Games3rd57 kg
2018African Championships1st57 kg
2019African Games1st57 kg

References
  1. Iveson, Ali (7 September 2020). "Morocco's Tokyo 2020-qualified taekwondo players attend 20-day training camp". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. Palmer, Dan (29 March 2018). "Olympic gold medallist Cisse suffers final defeat at African Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. "2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. "Taekwondo Day 3 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. O'Kane, Patrick (24 August 2019). "Morocco top taekwondo African Games medal table as sport showcased in Rabat". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. "Day 2 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. Pavitt, Michael (23 February 2020). "Egyptian and Moroccan athletes earn Tokyo 2020 berths at African taekwondo qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.


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