Vorlage:Use dmy dates Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:Pp-blp Vorlage:Infobox boxer Imane Khelif (Vorlage:Lang-ar) is an Algerian amateur boxer. She represented Algeria in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1]
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 after being eliminated from the first round against Natalia Shadrina.
Khelif represented Algeria in the lightweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She was defeated by Ireland's Kellie Harrington in the quarterfinals.[2]
Khelif participated in the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships and became the first Algerian female boxer to reach the final when she defeated the Netherlands' Chelsey Heijnen.[3] She faced Ireland's Amy Broadhurst in the final and was defeated.[4] In March 2023, Khelif was disqualified for failing to meet eligibility criteria shortly before her gold medal bout at the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships. The Algerian Olympic Committee said Khelif was disqualified for medical reasons. Algerian media reported the disqualification was due to high levels of testosterone.[5]
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- ↑ Imane Khelif. Olympics, archiviert vom am 30. Juli 2021; abgerufen am 30. Juli 2021.
- ↑ Harrington guaranteed medal after reaching -60kg semis In: BBC, 3 August 2021. Abgerufen im 1 April 2023 (britisches Englisch).
- ↑ Imane Khelif en finale des Mondiaux de boxe: Historique ! In: inter-lignes.com. 18. Mai 2022, archiviert vom am 20. Mai 2022; abgerufen am 18. Mai 2022.
- ↑ Le Président Tebboune félicite Imane Khelif, sacrée vice-championne du monde de boxe. In: elmoudjahid.dz. 20. Mai 2022, abgerufen am 21. Mai 2022. (Seite dauerhaft nicht mehr abrufbar, festgestellt im Januar 2023.)
- ↑ Amlan Chakraborty: Two disqualified for failing to meet eligibility criteria at world champs In: Reuters, 26 March 2023. Abgerufen im 1 April 2023 (englisch).