Imane Khelif

Imane Khelif (Arabic: إيمان خليف, romanized: ʾĪmān Khalīf) is an Algerian amateur boxer. She represented Algeria the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1]

Imane Khelif
Statistics
Weight classLight welterweight
NationalityAlgerian
Born (1999-05-02) 2 May 1999
Tiaret, Algeria
Boxing record
Total fights14
Wins9
Losses5
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Algeria
World Championships
2022 IstanbulLight welterweight
African Championships
2022 MaputoLight welterweight
Mediterranean Games
2022 Oran Light welterweight

Amateur career

In the New Delhi 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, Imane Khelif participated for the first time, where she ranked 17th after being eliminated from the first round. Then she represented Algeria in the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Russia, where she ranked 33rd, and again she was eliminated from the first round against the landowner Natalia Shadrina. Khelif participated in the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships and became the first Algerian female boxer to reach the final after defeating the Netherlands Chelsey Heijnen.[2] Where she face Ireland's Amy Broadhurst in the final and defeated.[3] Before that in the first round Khelif overcame Kazakhstan's Aida Abikeyeva, then in the round of 16 Beatrice Rosenthal of Latvia by Referee stop the contest, and in the quarter-finals the Greek Olga Papadatou.

References
  1. "Imane Khelif". Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. "Imane Khelif en finale des Mondiaux de boxe: Historique !". inter-lignes.com. 18 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. "Le Président Tebboune félicite Imane Khelif, sacrée vice-championne du monde de boxe". elmoudjahid.dz. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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