Zeina Nassar
Zeina Nassar (* 1998 in Berlin ) is a German boxer.
Life
Zeina Nassar grew up in Berlin as the daughter of Lebanese parents . She has a sister and two brothers. She started boxing when she was 13 years old. In 2018 she won the German championship in the weight class in professional boxing up to 57 kg. Since Nassar fights with a headscarf , she was denied participation in the U22 European boxing championships due to international dress codes .
Trivia
She made a brief appearance in the web series Druck (season 4, episode 7) and played herself.
Works
- Dream Big: How I prevailed against all the rules as a boxer , Carl Hanser, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3446266544
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marie Schulte-Bockum, Scarce clothing is compulsory: Zeina fights for devout Muslim women to box at the Olympics
- ↑ Vice Staff, headscarf, reactions to the new German boxing champion sorted by eye pee, concerned citizens, angry users and Islam-explainer: Because the Berlin boxer Zeina Nassar won the German championship in a headscarf, the Internet is hyperventilating
- ↑ Khuê Phạm, Zeina Nassar: "I was treated like a star", the boxer Zeina Nassar was told not to compete because of her headscarf. Your trainer didn't accept it
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nassar, Zeina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1998 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |