Sarah Ourahmoune
Ourahmoune in 2011
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1982-01-21) 21 January 1982
Sèvres
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportBoxing
EventFlyweight
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroFlyweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 NingboLight flyweight
Bronze medal – third place2016 AstanaFlyweight
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 RotterdamFlyweight
Bronze medal – third place2007 VejleLight flyweight
European Union Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 LilleLight flyweight
Gold medal – first place2008 LiverpoolLight flyweight
Gold medal – first place2009 PazardzhikLight 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 is of Algerian descent.[2]

She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's flyweight.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Sarah Ourahmoune". Sarah Ourahmoune in Espritbleu. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Meet two of the expatriate athletes participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games!
  3. ↑ "Sarah Ourahmoune". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Nicola Adams beats Sarah Ourahmoune to retain Olympic flyweight title, 20 August 2016, The Guardian, Retrieved 1 September 2016


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