Naomie Katoka Kasumpata (born 10 August 1999) is a Congolese female

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practitioner.

Personal life

Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts,

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. She is married to Benjamin Matutadidi.

Career

Katoka was a gold medalist in the under 63 kg category at the

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. In 2018 she won bronze at the

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, and she reached the quarterfinals of the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ...

. She was selected for the

Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 67 kg The women's 67 kg competition in Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July 2021, at the Makuhari Messe is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba City, in the northwest corner ...

, by an invitation from the

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, but was disqualified prior to the first round. While the Congolese federation released a statement saying she had been 300 grams overweight, it was also reported that she had been ruled unable to compete when a pre-fight medical examination revealed she was pregnant.

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* 1999 births Living people Democratic Republic of the Congo female taekwondo practitioners African Games competitors for DR Congo Competitors at the 2019 African Games {{DRCongo-taekwondo-bio-stub