Muna Dahouk (Arabic: منى دهوك; born 27 August 1995) is a judoka from Syria who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games as part of the IOC Refugee Team.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 August 1995[1] Damascus, Syria |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Sport | |
| Country | Refugee Olympic Team |
| Sport | Judo |
| Weight class | –57 kg, –63 kg |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic Games | R32 (2020, 2024) |
| World Champ. | R32 (2023) |
| European Champ. | R32 (2023, 2024) |
| Profile at external databases | |
| IJF | 55514 |
| JudoInside.com | 140766 |
| Updated on 29 July 2024 | |
Early life
editShe started judo in Damascus when she was six years old.[2] Her father was a judo teacher and her sister, Oula, also competes. After the civil war broke out, their father was killed.[3] In 2019, she fled Syria and joined her mother in the Netherlands, and settled in 's-Hertogenbosch.[4][5]
Career
editDahouk competed at the 2019 Budapest Grand Prix, the 2020 Paris Grand Slam and the 2020 Düsseldorf Grand Slam.[1][2]
Dahouk was selected as part of the IOC Refugee Team in June 2021.[6] She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games in the Women's 63 kg and the Mixed team events.[2] In the individual event she faced 2019 Pan American Games champion Maylín del Toro Carvajal.[3]
Dahouk took part in the 2023 European Judo Championships in Montpellier.[7]
She is competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris as part of the Refugee Olympic Team. She told CBS that she wants to use her platform as a refugee athlete to break down stereotypes and challenge misconceptions about refugees: "I will represent the refugees around the world – to show people what the refugees can do. We are not weak people. We can be athletes, we can be students, we can be anything we want."[5]
Personal life
editShe is the cousin of fellow judoka Sanda Aldass.[8] She graduated from a commercial and banking institute in Syria and later studied sport in the Netherlands.[2] She features in the Waad Al-Kateab documentary We Dare to Dream.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Muna Dahouk". Judo Inside. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Muna Dahouk". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Muna Dahouk makes Olympic bow for IOC Refugee Olympic Teams". Olympics.com. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "MUNA'S JOURNEY FROM DOUBT TO DETERMINATION". Klabu.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b Smolinski, Paulina (26 July 2024). "What is the IOC refugee Olympic team and who is on it for the 2024 Games?". CBS News. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (8 June 2021). "Six refugee judokas "living our dream" after Tokyo 2020 selection". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "IJF REFUGEE TEAM: ON THE ROAD TO PARIS". eju.net. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "The separated refugees brought back together by judo". BBC News. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "We Dare to Dream". Klabu. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
External links
edit- Muna Dahouk at the European Judo Union
- Muna Dahouk at the International Judo Federation
- Muna Dahouk at JudoInside.com
- Muna Dahouk at Olympics.com
- Muna Dahouk at Olympedia
- Muna Dahouk at The-Sports.org
- Muna Dahouk on Instagram
