Mounia Bourguigue

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Mounia Bourguigue
Medal record
Representing Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Women's taekwondo
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Hong Kong 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Germany 72 kg

Mounia Bourguigue (born January 21, 1975) is a taekwondo practitioner from Morocco. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed 5th, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she placed 11th. [1] She won medals at the World Championships in 1997 and in 2003.

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References

  1. "Sports Reference: Mounia Bourguigue". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2010.