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.
![]() Ourahmoune in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1982-01-21) 21 January 1982 (age 40) Sèvres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Flyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
World amateur boxing champions – women's light flyweight | |
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