Leila Françoise Lassouani (born July 29, 1977 in France) is a female weightlifter from Algeria. In 2006, she was named the best Algerian Sportsperson along with swimmer Salim Iles by the Algerian Press. At the

2008 African Weightlifting Championships The 2008 African Weightlifting Championships The African Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA). Weights Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women ...

she won the gold medal in the 63 kg category, with a total of 205 kg. She was the only Algerian weightlifter qualified to compete at the

2008 Beijing Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

. In the Olympic tournament she did not finish due to failed attempts in the

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

Results

* Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Women's 58 kg: finished 14th *

Athens 2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Women's 63 kg: finished 7th

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* * 1977 births Living people Algerian female weightlifters French sportspeople of Algerian descent Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Algeria African Games gold medalists for Algeria African Games medalists in weightlifting Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Algeria Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Algeria Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Algerian people 21st-century Algerian women 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-weightlifting-bio-stub