Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Vision impairment
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
T12, F12
Further personal information
Residence
Bab el Oued, ALG
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Arabic, French
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up Para athletics in 2000 at the TR Bab El Oued club in Algeria.
Why this sport?
One of her neighbours, who was an athletics coach, recognised her talent for running. "She saw that nothing stopped me, so she suggested that I take up athletics."
Club / Team
GS Petroliers: Algiers, ALG
Name of coach
Yusuf Radwan, ALG, from 2013
General interest
Hobbies
Football. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)
Memorable sporting achievement
Winning silver in the T13 long jump at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
Winning medals at the Paralympic Games and world championships. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)
Winning medals at the Paralympic Games and world championships. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)
Most influential person in career
Her mother. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
Hero / Idol
Algerian middle distance runners Noureddine Morceli and Hassiba Boulmerka. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)
Injuries
In 2012 she had a herniated disc that sidelined her for two months. (blog.lefigaro.fr, 21 Sep 2012)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Sport is life." (Facebook profile, 02 Mar 2021)
Impairment
She has a condition called maculopathy, which gradually causes her eyesight to deteriorate. (la3lam.net, 05 May 2016; blog.lefigaro.fr, 21 Sep 2012)
Results
Unit | Date | Rank |
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Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m T13 | Heat 1 | 2012-09-05 | 5 | |
Women's Long Jump F13 | Final Round | 2012-09-07 | 2 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 200 m T12 | Semifinal 2 | 2013-07-20 | 7 | |
Women's 100 m T12 | Heat 1 | 2013-07-23 | 9 | |
Women's Long Jump T12 | Final 1 | 2013-07-25 | 2 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m T12 | Heat 3 | 2015-10-26 | 10 | |
Women's Long Jump T12 | Final 1 | 2015-10-29 | 2 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m T12 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-08 | 2 | |
Women's 100 m T12 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-09 | 4 | |
Women's Long Jump T12 | Final Round | 2016-09-13 | 3 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's Long Jump T12 | Final 1 | 2017-07-21 | 3 |