Sarah Ourahmoune
Sarah Ourahmoune (born 21 January 1982) is a French former female boxer. She won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 before she retired from boxing.
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| Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 January 1982 Sèvres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Life
Ourahmoune was born in 1982 in Sèvres. She is of Algerian descent.[2]
She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's flyweight.[3] She was beaten by Nicola Adams who was the Olympic champion from the previous Olympics. The fight was won on points with Ourahmoune being chosen in only one round. Ourahmoune had announced her retirement before the match.[4]
References
- "Sarah Ourahmoune". Sarah Ourahmoune in Espritbleu. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- Meet two of the expatriate athletes participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games!
- "Sarah Ourahmoune". rio2016.com. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- Nicola Adams beats Sarah Ourahmoune to retain Olympic flyweight title, 20 August 2016, The Guardian, Retrieved 1 September 2016
External links
- Sarah Ourahmoune at the International Olympic Committee
- Sarah Ourahmoune at the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (in French)
- Sarah Ourahmoune at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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