Moroccan boxer (born 1991)
Khadija El Mardi
Born Khadija Mardi
(1991-02-01 ) 1 February 1991 (age 33) Nationality Moroccan Statistics Weight class Middleweight Weight(s) 75 kg (165 lb) Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Khadija Mardi [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] (born 1 February 1991),[ 1] [ 2] also known as Khadija El Mardi ,[ 4] is a Moroccan boxer . She is the current Heavyweight women's IBA World Boxing Champion .
Career
Mardi competed in the women's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics .[ 2] She lost to Dariga Shakimova in the quarter-finals.[ 5]
She qualified to represent Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics ,[ 6] however, she withdrew from the competition for medical reasons.
In 2022, Mardi won the gold medal at the 2022 African Amateur Boxing Championships .[ 3] She won silver medal at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships , after losing the final match against Şennur Demir .[ 7] [ 8]
In March 2023, Mardi won a gold medal in the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships , thus winning her and Morocco's first women's gold medal in the IBA World Boxing Championships .[ 9] [ 10] King Mohammed VI congratulated her on her victory.[ 11]
She won the gold medal in the women's +81 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[ 12]
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2001: up to 90 kg
2002: over 81 kg
2005–2008: up to 86 kg
2010–present: over 81 kg