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| Born | Khadija Mardi 1 February 1991 Casablanca, Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Moroccan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight class | Middleweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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