Leila Lassouani

Leila Lassouani

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

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]

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. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/sports/2007/01/12/newsbrief-02
  3. 1 2 "LASSOUANI Leila". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  4. (in French) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-31.


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