Mathis Soudi

Mathis Soudi

2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships by Stefan Brending
Personal information
Native name	ماتيس سودي
Nationality	French,[1] Moroccan
Born	(1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 25)[2] Angers, France[3][4]
Home town	Rennes, France[5]
Sport
Country	Morocco
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	K1
Club	Kayak Club de Rennes[4]
Coached by	Titouan Dupras[6]
Medal record Representing  Morocco World Championships 2023 London K1

Mathis Soudi (Arabic: ماتيس سودي; born 26 November 1999) is a slalom canoeist. Born in France, he has competed for Morocco at international level since 2016.[7] He is from Rennes, France and competes in the K1 discipline for Morocco.[5]

Soudi won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2023 World Championships in London, becoming the first African paddler to win a medal at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.

Soudi won a gold medal at the 2019 Arab Championships in Egypt.[8] He finished in 22nd place at the 2016 Junior World Championships in Kraków and 16th the following year in Bratislava. He finished in 11th place at the 2020 World Cup in Pau.[9]

Mathis represented Morocco in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[2] after he secured a quota place by finishing as the first eligible athlete at the African Olympic canoe slalom qualifiers in La Seu d'Urgell.[10][11] With fellow Moroccan Célia Jodar competing in the women's K1 event, this marked the first time an African nation has sent both a male and female to compete in canoe slalom at the Games.[12][13] Soudi set the 7th fastest time in the first run of the heats, qualifying in 15th place for the semifinal.[14] He finished in 18th place overall.[15]

References

1. "Slalom – les résultats de la manche 1 de Vaires-sur-Marne". April 2024.
2. "SOUDI Mathis". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
3. "SOUDI Mathis".
4. "Mathis SOUDI". aod.cnomweb.com (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
5. "Sports. Les qualifiés bretons pour les Jeux Olympiques de Tokyo 2021 [Sports. Breton qualifiers for the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games]". francetvinfo.fr (in French). 25 June 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
6. "Équipe de France, Jeux Olympiques : c'est parti pour les qualifs avec le bronze pour Carole Bouzidi [France team, Olympic Games: let's go for the qualifiers with bronze for Carole Bouzidi]". aod.cnomweb.com (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
7. "Mathis SOUDI (MAR)". ICF - Planet Canoe. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
8. "Mathis Soudi, le Kayakiste marocain qui vise le top 5 aux JO [Mathis Soudi, the Moroccan kayaker who aims for the top 5 at the Olympics]". api.snrtnews.com (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
9. "Canoeing - Mathis Soudi (Morocco)". the-sports.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
10. Berkeley, Geoff (21 March 2021). "Morocco and Senegal earn Tokyo 2020 quota spots at African canoeing qualifiers". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
11. Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation
12. Hill, Courtney (19 June 2021). "Tokyo-bound Mathis Soudi and Celia Jodar set to make Olympic history for Africa". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
13. "Morocco set to make history in Tokyo". canoeicf.com. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
14. "Results (Tokyo Heats)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
15. "Results (Tokyo Semifinal)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

External links

• Mathis Soudi at the International Canoe Federation
• Mathis Soudi at Olympics.com
• Mathis Soudi at the Moroccan National Olympic Committee (in French)
• Mathis Soudi at Olympedia