Khadija El-Mardi
Khadija Mardi, also known as Khadija El Mardi, is a Moroccan boxer. She is the current Heavyweight women's IBA World Boxing Champion.
Career
Mardi competed in the women's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She lost to Dariga Shakimova in the quarter-finals.She qualified to represent Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics, however, she withdrew from the competition for medical reasons.
In 2022, Mardi won the gold medal at the 2022 African Amateur Boxing Championships. She won silver medal at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, after losing the final match against Şennur Demir.
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. King Mohammed VI congratulated her on her victory.
She won the gold medal in the women's +81kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.