Roumaysa Boualam

Roumaysa Boualam (Arabic: رميسة بوعلام; born 10 October 1994) is an Algerian amateur boxer. She won the gold medal in the women's minimumweight event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[2] She is also a two-time gold medalist at the African Games. She competed at several editions of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships.

Roumaysa Boualam

Personal information
Born	(1994-10-10) October 10, 1994 (age 30)[1] Oran, Algeria
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country	Algeria
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Women's boxing Representing  Algeria African Games 2019 Rabat Flyweight 2023 Accra Light flyweight African Championships 2022 Maputo Flyweight 2023 Yaoundé Light flyweight 2014 Yaoundé Flyweight 2017 Brazzaville Flyweight Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Minimumweight Arab Games 2023 Algiers Flyweight

Career

In 2019, Boualam won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.^[3] She defeated Yasmine Moutaqui of Morocco in her gold medal match.^[3]

In 2020, Boualam qualified at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Diamniadio, Senegal to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] She is the first female boxer from Algeria to represent her country at the Summer Olympics.^[5] She competed in the women's flyweight event.^[4]

Boualam won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Amateur Boxing Championships held in Maputo, Mozambique.^[6]

In 2024, Boualam won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.^[7]