Nada Laaraj

Nada Laaraj
Personal information
Native nameندى لعرج
Born (2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 24)
Sport
CountryMorocco
SportTaekwondo
Weight class57 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Morocco
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2019 Chiba 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Paris 57 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 57 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Agadir 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Kigali 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Dakar 57 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Baku 57 kg

Nada Laaraj (Arabic: ندى لعرج, born 2 September 2000) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She has won gold medals in the women's 57 kg event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the African Taekwondo Championships. She also represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

Career

In May 2017, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The following month, she competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships held in Muju, South Korea where she was eliminated in her second match by Jade Jones of Great Britain. At the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event.[2][3] In that same year, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.

In 2019, she competed in the women's featherweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. A few months later, she represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event.[4][5] In 2020, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco and she qualified to represent Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6][7]

At the 2021 African Taekwondo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event.[8][9] A few months later, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[10] She lost her first match against Anastasija Zolotic of the United States and she was then eliminated in the repechage by Hatice Kübra İlgün of Turkey.[10]

She competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[11] She was eliminated in her first match.[11] She also competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games 3rd 57 kg
2018 African Championships 1st 57 kg
2019 African Games 1st 57 kg
2021 African Championships 2nd 57 kg

References

  1. ^ Iveson, Ali (7 September 2020). "Morocco's Tokyo 2020-qualified taekwondo players attend 20-day training camp". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ^ Palmer, Dan (29 March 2018). "Olympic gold medallist Cisse suffers final defeat at African Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ "2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Taekwondo Day 3 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. ^ O'Kane, Patrick (24 August 2019). "Morocco top taekwondo African Games medal table as sport showcased in Rabat". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Day 2 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. ^ Pavitt, Michael (23 February 2020). "Egyptian and Moroccan athletes earn Tokyo 2020 berths at African taekwondo qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  8. ^ "2021 African Taekwondo Championships Medalists – Day 1 – June 5" (PDF). Martial Arts Registration Online. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  9. ^ Palmer, Dan (8 June 2021). "Olympic champion Cissé among winners at African Taekwondo Championships in Dakar". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.