Meriem Moussa

Meriem Moussa is an Algerian judoka, who competes in the extra-lightweight category.

Career

Moussa was a four-time medalist at the African Championships, and a gold medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers. She also won two bronze medals in the same division at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.
Moussa represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's extra-lightweight class. She defeated Gabon's Sandrine Ilendou in the first preliminary round, before losing out her next match by a waza-ari to Germany's Michaela Baschin.
In October 2011, Moussa refused to compete against Israeli Shahar Levi in the knockout round of the Judo World Cup in Rome, Italy.