Sarah Ourahmoune

Sarah Ourahmoune

Ourahmoune in 2011
Personal information
Nationality French
Born (1982-01-21) 21 January 1982
Sèvres
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country France
Sport Boxing
Event(s) Flyweight

Sarah Ourahmoune (born 21 January 1982) is a French former female boxer. She won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 before she retired from boxing.

Life

Ourahmoune was born in 1982 in Sèvres.

She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's flyweight.[1] She was beaten by Nicola Adams who was the Olympic champion from the previous Olympics. The fight was won on points with Ourahmoune being chosen in only one round. Ourahmoune had announced her retirement before the match.[2]

References

  1. "Sarah Ourahmoune". rio2016.com. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  2. Nicola Adams beats Sarah Ourahmoune to retain Olympic flyweight title, 20 August 2016, The Guardian, Retrieved 1 September 2016
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