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Soumiya Iraoui
Soumiya Iraoui (born 19 March 1996) is a Moroccan judoka. Iraoui is a silver medalist from the 2019 African Games and a six-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the African Judo Championships. Iraoui also represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Career Iraoui won the gold medal in her event at the 2018 African Judo Championships held in Tunis, Tunisia. She also competed in the women's 57kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. In 2019, Iraoui won the silver medal in the women's 52kg event at the African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa. She also won the silver medal in the women's 52kg event at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco. That same month, she also competed in the women's 52kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan. A month later, she won a bronze medal in her event at the 2019 Judo Grand Prix Tashkent held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Iraoui won the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south. Mauritania lies to the south of Western Sahara. Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It spans an area of or , with a population of roughly 37 million. Its official and predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber; the Moroccan dialect of Arabic and French are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber, and European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. In a region inhabited since the Paleolithic Era over 300,000 years ago, the first Moroccan s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |