Khadija Jlassi (born 3 January 2003) is a

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freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. She is a two-time medalist, including gold, in the women's 65kg event at the African Wrestling Championships.

Career

Jlassi competed in the girls' freestyle 73kg event at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She finished in 7th place. In 2021, Jlassi competed at the African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan. In that same year, she competed in the women's 65kg event at the

2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships The 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships was the fourth edition of the U23 World Wrestling Championships of combined events and it was held from 1 to 7 November 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), offici ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in her second match. Jlassi won one of the bronze medals in the women's 65kg event at the

2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament The 50th Yasar Dogu Tournament 2022, was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey between 24 and 27 February 2022. It was held as the first of the ranking series together with the 2022 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament. The international t ...

held in Istanbul, Turkey. A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the

2022 African Wrestling Championships The 2022 African Wrestling Championships was a wrestling competition. The competition was originally scheduled to be held in El Jadida, Morocco, during 6–11 April 2021, then was postponed to 17–22 May 2022 at the same venue. Medals Seniors J ...

held in El Jadida, Morocco. She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 68kg event at the

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fir ...

held in Oran, Algeria. Jlassi won the gold medal in her event at the

2022 Tunis Ranking Series The 2022 Tunis Ranking Series, also known as the 2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series, was a wrestling event held in Tunis, Tunisia between 14 and 17 July 2022. It was held as the fourth of the ranking series of United World Wrestling. Ranking Ser ...

event held in Tunis, Tunisia. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the

2022 World Junior Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Junior Wrestling Championships The World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) is the main wrestling championships in the junior age category (between 18 and 20 years old), organised by United World Wrestling. This event took pla ...

held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Jlassi won the bronze medal in the women's 65kg event at the

2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament The 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament, was a wrestling event held in Alexandria, Egypt between 23 and 26 February 2023. It was held as the second of the ranking series of United World Wrestling in 2023. With an aim to reward wrestlers participating ...

held in Alexandria, Egypt. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the

2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament The 60th Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament, is a wrestling event held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 2 and 5 March 2023. This international tournament included competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling and men's Greco-Roman wrestlin ...

held in Sofia, Bulgaria. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia. In September 2023, she competed in the women's 68kg event at the

2023 World Wrestling Championships The 2023 World Wrestling Championships was held from 16 to 24 September 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia. Wrestlers get a chance to win 90 quotas for the Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Summer Olympics from the Belgrade Worlds. Any nation wh ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jlassi, Khadija Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Tunisian female sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics African Wrestling Championships medalists Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Tunisia 21st-century Tunisian women 21st-century Tunisian people 2003 births