Nada Laaraj

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Nada Laaraj ({{langx|ar|ندى لعرج}}, born 2 September 2000) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She has won gold medals in the women's 57 kg event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the African Taekwondo Championships. She also represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news|last=Iveson|first=Ali|date=7 September 2020|title=Morocco's Tokyo 2020-qualified taekwondo players attend 20-day training camp|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1098156/morocco-taekwondo|access-date=4 February 2021}}

Career

In May 2017, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The following month, she competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships held in Muju, South Korea where she was eliminated in her second match by Jade Jones of Great Britain. At the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite news|last=Palmer|first=Dan|date=29 March 2018|title=Olympic gold medallist Cisse suffers final defeat at African Taekwondo Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063289/olympic-gold-medallist-cisse-suffers-final-defeat-at-african-taekwondo-championships|url-status=live|access-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209232331/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063289/olympic-gold-medallist-cisse-suffers-final-defeat-at-african-taekwondo-championships|archive-date=9 December 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/resultlist_display.html?tnid=772&cid=senior|title=2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results|website=Taekwondo Data|access-date=24 February 2020}} In that same year, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.

In 2019, she competed in the women's featherweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. A few months later, she represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ma-regonline.com/results/1381/RESULTS%20DAY%203%20-%2012TH%20ALL%20AFRICAN%20GAMES%20-%20G4.pdf|title=Taekwondo Day 3 Results|website=2019 African Games|url-status=live|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824044029/https://www.ma-regonline.com/results/1381/RESULTS%20DAY%203%20-%2012TH%20ALL%20AFRICAN%20GAMES%20-%20G4.pdf|archive-date=24 August 2019}}{{Cite news|last=O'Kane|first=Patrick|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1083881/morocco-top-taekwondo-medal-table|title=Morocco top taekwondo African Games medal table as sport showcased in Rabat|date=24 August 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=27 March 2020}} In 2020, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco and she qualified to represent Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Day 2 results|url=http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/draw-day2.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225082759/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/draw-day2.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2020|access-date=9 August 2020|website=2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament}}{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|date=23 February 2020|title=Egyptian and Moroccan athletes earn Tokyo 2020 berths at African taekwondo qualifier|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1091001/african-taekwondo-qualifier-tokyo-2020|url-status=live|access-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208215414/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1091001/african-taekwondo-qualifier-tokyo-2020|archive-date=8 December 2020}}

At the 2021 African Taekwondo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the silver medal in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web|title=2021 African Taekwondo Championships Medalists – Day 1 – June 5|url=https://www.ma-regonline.com/results/1491/RESULTS%20DAY%201%20BY%20WEIGHT,%202021%20AFRICAN%20SENIOR%20KYORUGI%20CHAMPIONSHIPS%20-%20G4.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606131210/https://www.ma-regonline.com/results/1491/RESULTS%20DAY%201%20BY%20WEIGHT,%202021%20AFRICAN%20SENIOR%20KYORUGI%20CHAMPIONSHIPS%20-%20G4.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2021|access-date=12 September 2021|website=Martial Arts Registration Online}}{{Cite news|last=Palmer|first=Dan|date=8 June 2021|title=Olympic champion Cissé among winners at African Taekwondo Championships in Dakar|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108782/african-taekwondo-championships-results|access-date=12 September 2021}} A few months later, she competed in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Taekwondo Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/TKW/OG2020-_TKW_B99_TKW-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812122137/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/TKW/OG2020-_TKW_B99_TKW-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=12 August 2021|access-date=24 August 2021|website=2020 Summer Olympics}} She lost her first match against Anastasija Zolotic of the United States and she was then eliminated in the repechage by Hatice Kübra İlgün of Turkey.

She competed in the women's 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.{{Cite web |title=Taekwondo Results Book |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/TKW/ResultBook/GDM2022_TKW_v1.1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706132341/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/TKW/ResultBook/GDM2022_TKW_v1.1.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2022 |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}} She was eliminated in her first match. She also competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Achievements

class=wikitable !Year !!Tournament !!Place !!Weight class
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" \| 3rd	57 kg
2018	African Championships	bgcolor="gold" align="center" \| 1st	57 kg
2019	African Games	bgcolor="gold" align="center" \| 1st	57 kg
2021	African Championships	bgcolor="silver" align="center" \| 2nd	57 kg