Salima Souakri

Salima Souakri
Salima Souakri
Secretary of State for Youth and Sports
	In office; 29 June 2020 – 7 July 2021
President	Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Prime Minister	Aymen Benabderrahmane; Nadir Larbaoui
Preceded by	Noureddine Morceli
Personal details
Born	December 6, 1974 (age 49)

Salima Souakri (born 6 December 1974) is an Algerian judoka who competed at four Olympic Games.^[1]

Career

She finished in joint fifth place in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics, having lost the bronze medal match to Yolanda Soler of Spain. She moved up to the half-lightweight (52 kg) division, finishing seventh in the 2000 Olympic Games and fifth again at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. On this occasion she lost the bronze medal match to Amarilis Savon of Cuba.

Between 29 June 2020 and 7 July 2021, Souakri served as Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, succeeding Noureddine Morceli.^[2]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Salima Souakri Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^ "Salima Souakri Becomes Minister Delegate in Charge of Elite Sport". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 2022-10-20.

External links

Salima Souakri at the International Judo Federation
Salima Souakri at JudoInside.com
Salima Souakri at JudoInside.com
Salima Souakri at AllJudo.net (in French)
Salima Souakri at Olympics.com

This biographical article related to Algerian judo is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Salima Souakri Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[2] "Salima Souakri Becomes Minister Delegate in Charge of Elite Sport". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 2022-10-20.

[1]

[2]