Muna Dahouk

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Muna Dahouk
Personal information
Born (1995-08-27) 27 August 1995 (age 28) [1]
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Country Refugee Olympic Team
Sport Judo
Weight class 57 kg, 63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games R32 (2020)
World Champ. R32 (2023)
European Champ. R32 (2023, 2024)
Profile at external databases
IJF 55514
JudoInside.com 140766
Updated on 6 June 2024

Muna Dahouk (born 27 August 1995) is a judoka from Syria who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games as part of the IOC Refugee Team.

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Early life

She started judo in Damascus when she was six years old. [2] Her father was a judo teacher and her sister, Oula, also competes. After the civil war broke out, their father was killed. [3] In 2019, she fled Syria and joined her mother in the Netherlands, and settled in s-Hertogenbosch. [4]

Career

Dahouk competed at the 2019 Budapest Grand Prix, the 2020 Paris Grand Slam and the 2020 Düsseldorf Grand Slam. [1] [2]

Dahouk was selected as part of the IOC Refugee Team in June 2021. [5] She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games in the Women's 63 kg and the Mixed team events. [2] In the individual event she faced 2019 Pan American Games champion Maylín del Toro Carvajal. [3]

Dahouk took part in the 2023 European Judo Championships in Montpellier. [6]

Personal life

She is the cousin of fellow judoka Sanda Aldass. [7] She graduated from a commercial and banking institute in Syria and later studied sport in the Netherlands. [2] She features in the Waad Al-Kateab documentary We Dare to Dream. [8]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Muna Dahouk". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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  5. Berkeley, Geoff (8 June 2021). "Six refugee judokas "living our dream" after Tokyo 2020 selection". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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