Meriem Moussa ( ar, مريم موسى; born 11 May 1988) is an Algerian

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

, who played for the extra-lightweight category. She was a four-time medalist at the African Judo Championships, and a gold medalist at the

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nige ...

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

. She also won two bronze medals in the same division at the

2007 Summer Universiade The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, ...

in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the

2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Èr líng yī yī Nián xiàjì shìjiè dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì), the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Dì Èrshíl ...

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. Moussa represented Algeria at the

2008 Summer Olympics 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 Na ...

in Beijing, where she competed for the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She defeated Gabon's Sandrine Ilendou in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match by a

waza-ari is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon'' or ''waza-ari'' contest, usually judo, karate or jujutsu. ''Waza-ari'' in judo A ''waza-ari'' is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in judo, the ...

(half-point) to Germany's Michaela Baschin. In October 2011, Moussa refused to compete against

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Shahar Levi in the knockout round of the Judo World Cup in Rome, Italy.">"Judo World Cup: Algerian Meriem Moussa Rejects Facing Israeli Judoka"
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* * Algerian female judoka Living people Olympic judoka for Algeria Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1988 births African Games gold medalists for Algeria African Games medalists in judo Universiade medalists in judo Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Universiade bronze medalists for Algeria Competitors at the 2019 African Games African Games bronze medalists for Algeria Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Mediterranean Games competitors for Algeria 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-judo-bio-stub

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