Soraya Haddad (born 30 September 1984) is an Algerian

judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

. She won a bronze medal in the 52 kg weight class at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. She has been the African champion five times:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, and also a bronze medalist in the 48 kg category in the 2005 World Championships in

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

. She was born in El-Kseur,

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

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* * * * 1984 births Living people Algerian female judoka Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Algeria Olympic bronze medalists for Algeria Olympic medalists in judo People from El Kseur Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Algeria African Games gold medalists in judo African Games bronze medalists for Algeria Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Algeria Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2011 All-Africa Games Judoka at the 2007 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Algerian sportswomen Arab Games bronze medalists {{Algeria-Olympic-medalist-stub