Yousra Matine (born 6 April 1996) is a Moroccan

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player. She won the Women's Individual Snooker

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at the

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. There were four entries in the women's individual snooker event. Matine beat Hakima Kissai 3–0, Yara Sharafeldin 2–1 and Gantan Elaskary 2–0. This was the first time that snooker had been included as an event in the African Games. Matine was taught to play snooker by her

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Amine Amiri Amine Amiri (born 30 March 1994) is a former professional Moroccan snooker player. Career Amiri played on the World Snooker Tour for the first time in 2019–20, after winning a gold medal in the African Games. His first match as a professional ...

in 2016.

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Living people 1996 births Female snooker players Place of birth missing (living people) African Games gold medalists for Morocco African Games silver medalists for Morocco Competitors at the 2019 African Games 21st-century Moroccan sportswomen {{Morocco-sport-bio-stub