Sanaa Atabrour (born February 28, 1989, in
Khouribga
Khouribga ( ber, ⵅⵯⵔⵉⴱⴳⴰ, xʷribga; ar, خريبڭة, ḵurībga, ) is the capital of Khouribga Province in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, Morocco. With a population of 196,196 (2014 census), Khouribga owes its growth to the pho ...
) is a Moroccan
taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...
practitioner.
Sanaa won the bronze medal in the women's flyweight class at the
2011 World Taekwondo Championships
The 2011 World Taekwondo Championships was the 20th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at Gyeongju Indoor Stadium in Gyeongju, South Korea from May 1 to May 6, 2011.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Medal table
Team rank ...
held in
Gyeongju. Sanaa qualified for the
2012 Summer Olympics after winning the gold medal in the
women's 49 kg class at the WTF African Qualification Tournament for the 2012 London Olympic Games held in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
. She beat
Catherine Kang
Catherine Seulki Kang (born 25 September 1987) is a South Korean-born naturalized Central African taekwondo practitioner. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 49 kg event. On 8 August, she was defeated in the preliminary rou ...
4-0 in the final.
In 2012 she competed in the
Women's 49 kg competition, but was defeated in the first round.
References
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1989 births
Moroccan female taekwondo practitioners
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Morocco
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Living people
People from Khouribga
World Taekwondo Championships medalists
21st-century Moroccan women
21st-century Moroccan people
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