Sarah Ourahmoune

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Sarah Ourahmoune
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Ourahmoune in 2011
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1982-01-21) 21 January 1982 (age 42)
Sèvres
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) [1]
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportBoxing
EventFlyweight
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Flyweight
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Ningbo Light flyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Astana Flyweight
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Rotterdam Flyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Vejle Light flyweight
European Union Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Lille Light flyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Liverpool Light flyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Pazardzhik Light flyweight

Sarah Ourahmoune (born 21 January 1982) is a French former female boxer. She won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 before she retired from boxing.

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Life

Ourahmoune was born in 1982 in Sèvres. She is of Algerian descent. [2]

She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's flyweight. [3] She was beaten by Nicola Adams who was the Olympic champion from the previous Olympics. The fight was won on points with Ourahmoune being chosen in only one round. Ourahmoune had announced her retirement before the match. [4]

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References

  1. "Sarah Ourahmoune". Sarah Ourahmoune in Espritbleu. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. Meet two of the expatriate athletes participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games!
  3. "Sarah Ourahmoune". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. Nicola Adams beats Sarah Ourahmoune to retain Olympic flyweight title, 20 August 2016, The Guardian, Retrieved 1 September 2016