Salima Souakri

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Salima Souakri (2016)

Salima Souakri ( Arabic سليمة سواكري, DMG Salīma Sawākirī ; * December 6, 1974 ) is a former Algerian judoka who competed four times at the Olympic Games, taking fifth place three times and seventh place once.

Athletic career

The 1.58 m tall Salima Souakri fought at the beginning of her career in the ultralight, the weight class up to 48 kg. She competed at the 1991 World Championships in Barcelona and was defeated there in the quarterfinals by Frenchwoman Cécile Nowak . In the Hope Round she lost her first fight against the Chinese Li Aiyue . In the following year, an Olympic judo tournament for women took place for the first time as part of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . In her first Olympic fight, Souakri defeated the New Zealander Donna Maree Hilton by referee decision (Yusei-gachi). In the second round she defeated the Venozolan María Villapol by Yusei-gachi, and in the quarter-finals she won against Michaela Bornemann from Austria with a coca rating. The French woman won the semi-final fight against Cécile Nowak after 57 seconds, after which Souakri was defeated by Yusei-gachi in the battle for bronze against the Cuban Amarilis Savón . Two months after the Olympics, Salima Souakri won a bronze medal in the semi-lightweight division at the Junior World Championships.

At the 1993 World Championships Souakri was eliminated in the first round against Belarusian Tazzjana Maskwina . Two years later she lost at the 1995 World Championships in the round of 16 against the French Frédérique Jossinet . In May 1996 Salima Souakri won the title at the African Championships by beating Dolly Moothoo from Mauritius in the final . Two months later, Souakri defeated the Turkish girl Hülya Şenyurt after 2:04 minutes in her opening fight at the Olympic Games in Atlanta . In the last sixteen she met the Cuban Amarilis Savón and lost to a coca rating. With victories over Hillary Wolf from the United States and the Belarusian Tazzjana Maskwina, Souakri reached the battle for bronze, which she lost to the Spaniard Yolanda Soler through a penalty.

In 1997 Salima Souakri finally switched to half-light weight, the weight class up to 52 kilograms. At the Mediterranean Games in 1997 she reached the final and received the silver medal after her final defeat against the French Marie-Claire Restoux . Shortly afterwards Souakri won the African Championships in Casablanca. At the 1997 World Championships in Paris, she lost to the Belgian Nicole Flagothier in the quarter-finals and the Cuban Legna Verdecia at the start of the round of hope . At the African Games in Johannesburg in 1999 Souakri reached the final and won the title by defeating Geneviève Nga Onana from Cameroon. A month later, at the 1999 World Championships in Birmingham , she defeated Sabrina Filzmoser from Austria in the second round and Luce Baillargeon from Canada in the quarter-finals . In the semi-finals she was defeated by the Japanese Noriko Narazaki and in the battle for bronze she lost to the French Marie-Claire Restoux. In the spring of 2000 Salima Souakri won the African Championships for the third time. Four months later, the 2000 Olympic Games took place in Sydney. Souakri defeated the Belgian Inge Clement and in the round of 16 the Swiss Isabelle Schmutz . In the quarterfinals she lost to Noriko Narazaki. In the hope round she won against Luce Baillargeon and finished seventh after her loss to the Romanian Ioana Maria Aluaș .

At the end of July 2001 the world championships took place in Munich . Souakri defeated the Brazilian Fabiane Hukuda in the round of 16 and the Italian Antonia Cuomo in the quarter-finals . After her semi-final defeat against the German Raffaella Imbriani , the Algerian lost the battle for bronze against the Chinese Liu Yuxiang . A month and a half later, Souakri and Cuomo faced each other again in the final of the Mediterranean Games in Tunis and Souakri won again. Another two months later, Salima Souakri won her fourth African title in Tripoli. In 2002 she won the Super World Cup in Paris by beating the French Annabelle Euranie in the final . At the 2003 World Championships in Osaka, she retired early after losing to Amarilis Savón and Antonia Cuomo. In May 2004 Souakri won her fifth African title in Tunis. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, she won her opening match against the Slovenian Petra Nareks with a penalty. In the round of 16 she was defeated by the Chinese Xian Dongmei due to an extra time penalty. With wins over Raffaella Imbriani and Ioana Maria Aluaș, Souakri reached the battle for bronze, but lost here to Amarilis Savón after 2:33 minutes. After winning her sixth African title in Mauritius in 2006, Salima Souakri ended her active career in early 2008.

Salima Souakri has been an ambassador for UNICEF since 2011 .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 425
  3. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ African Championships 1996 at judoinside.com
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 759
  6. ↑ 1997 Mediterranean Games at judoinside.com
  7. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  8. ↑ African Games in 1999 at judoinside.com
  9. ↑ Mediterranean Games 2001 at judoinside.com
  10. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  11. ↑ Fight durations according to SportsReference
  12. ↑ Interview with Salima Souakri from April 8, 2012 on iudo.es (accessed on July 24, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Souakri, Salima
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Algerian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1974