M'mah Soumah

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M'mah Soumah
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Full nameM'mah Soumah
NationalityGuinean
Born (1985-05-10) 10 May 1985 (age 38)
Conakry, Guinea
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event52 kg

M'mah Soumah (born 10 May 1985 in Conakry) is a Guinean judoka who competed in the women's half-lightweight category. [1] She picked up a bronze medal in the 52-kg division at the 2004 African Judo Championships in Tunis, Tunisia, and represented her nation Guinea at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Soumah qualified as a lone female athlete and judoka for the Guinean squad in the women's half-lightweight class (52 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by granting a tripartite invitation from the International Judo Federation. She lost her opening match to Portugal's Telma Monteiro, who scored an ippon victory and quickly subdued her on the tatami with a seoi nage (shoulder throw) at eighteen seconds. [2] [3] [4]

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References

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