Khaoula Ben Hamza (born 18 May 1991 in

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) is a

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n taekwondo practitioner. She competed in the +67 kg event at the

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and was eliminated by

Anastasia Baryshnikova Anastasia Vladimirovna Baryshnikova (russian: Анастасия Владимировна Барышникова; born 19 December 1990 in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner. An Olympic bronze medalist in 2012, Baryshnikova won the ...

in the preliminary round. She also competed at the

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, in the same category, losing to eventual gold medallist Maria Espinoza in the first round. Because Espinoza reached the final, Ben Hamza was entered into the repechage, where she lost to

Karolina Kedzierska Karolina Kedzierska (born 14 September 1987 in Malmö) is a Swedish female Taekwondo practitioner. She started to learn taekwondo 1997. Kedzierska competed at 2008 Summer Olympics, where she lost to Natália Falavigna of Brazil Brazil ...

References

1991 births Living people Tunisian female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Tunisia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tunis 21st-century Tunisian women 21st-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-taekwondo-bio-stub