Leila Lassouani

Leila Françoise Lassouani (born July 29, 1977 in France[1]) is a female weightlifter from Algeria. In 2006, she was named the best Algerian Sportsperson along with swimmer Salim Iles by the Algerian Press.[2]

Leila Lassouani

Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Algeria
African Weightlifting Championships
2006 El Jadida63 kg
2008 Johannesburg63 kg

At the 2008 African Weightlifting Championships she won the gold medal in the 63 kg category, with a total of 205 kg.[3]

She was the only Algerian weightlifter qualified to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.[4] In the Olympic tournament she did not finish due to failed attempts in the clean and jerk.[3]

Results

Women's 58 kg: finished 14th


Women's 63 kg: finished 7th

References

  1. "Leila Françoise Lassouani Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/sports/2007/01/12/newsbrief-02
  3. "LASSOUANI Leila". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  4. "Archived copy" (in French). Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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