Khadija El-Mardi

Khadija Mardi^[1][2][3] (born 1 February 1991),^[1][2] also known as Khadija El Mardi,^[4] is a Moroccan boxer. She is the current Heavyweight women's IBA World Boxing Champion.

Khadija El Mardi
Born	Khadija Mardi (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 34) Casablanca, Morocco
Nationality	Moroccan
Statistics
Weight class	Middleweight
Weight(s)	75 kg (165 lb)
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Medal record Women's amateur boxing Representing  Morocco World Championships 2023 New Delhi Heavyweight 2022 Istanbul Heavyweight 2019 Ulan-Ude Middleweight African Games 2019 Rabat Middleweight 2023 Accra Heavyweight African Championships 2022 Maputo Heavyweight 2023 Yaoundé Heavyweight 2024 Kinshasa Heavyweight

Career

Mardi competed in the women's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2] She lost to Dariga Shakimova in the quarter-finals.^[5]

She qualified to represent Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics,^[6] however, she withdrew from the competition for medical reasons.

In 2022, Mardi won the gold medal at the 2022 African Amateur Boxing Championships.^[3] She won silver medal at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, after losing the final match against Şennur Demir.^[7][8]

In March 2023, Mardi won a gold medal in the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, thus winning her and Morocco's first women's gold medal in the IBA World Boxing Championships.^[9][10] King Mohammed VI congratulated her on her victory.^[11]

She won the gold medal in the women's +81 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.^[12]