Ghofran Khelifi

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Ghofran Khelifi
Personal information
Born (1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 (age 25)
Occupation Judoka
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportJudo
Weight class 57 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Rabat −57 kg
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Antananarivo −57 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Cape Town −57 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Dakar −57 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Tunis −57 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Antananarivo −57 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Tarragona −57 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 15570
JudoInside.com 105956
Updated on 7 November 2021.

Ghofran Khelifi (born 9 July 1998) [1] is a Tunisian judoka. She is a gold medalist at the African Games. She is also a three-time gold medalist at the African Judo Championships. She represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [2]

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Career

She won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2017 African Judo Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. A year later, she won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2018 African Judo Championships held in Tunis, Tunisia. In that year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain. [3] In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa. [4] [5] At the 2020 African Judo Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar, she won one of the bronze medals in her event.

In January 2021, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. [6] At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event. [7] In June 2021, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her first match by Sanne Verhagen of the Netherlands.

She competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match by Ivelina Ilieva of Bulgaria. [2]

Achievements

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2017 African Championships 1st−57 kg
2018 African Championships 3rd−57 kg
2018 Mediterranean Games 3rd−57 kg
2019 African Championships 1st−57 kg
2019 African Games 1st−57 kg
2020 African Championships 3rd−57 kg
2021 African Championships 1st−57 kg

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References

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