Tekiath Ben Yessouf

Tekiath Ben Yessouf

Personal information

Nickname(s)

Teki, Kiki

Born

13 September 1991 (age 32)
Niamey, Niger^{[citation needed]}

Occupation

Police officer

Sport

Country

Niger

Sport

Taekwondo

Weight class

Featherweight

Club

BSV Friedrichshafen

Medal record

Representing Niger

African Games
	2019 Rabat	57 kg
African Championships
	2021 Dakar	57 kg
	2018 Agadir	57 kg

Tekiath Ben Yessouf (born 13 September 1991) is a Nigerien taekwondo competitor. She represented Niger at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

Career

Ben Yessouf competed in the women's lightweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships held in Muju, South Korea.^[2] She was eliminated in her second match.^[2] At the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco, she won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event.^[3]

In 2019, Ben Yessouf competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships without winning a medal. In that same year, she also represented Niger at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event.^[4] In February 2020, she qualified at the 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[5]^[6]

At the 2021 African Taekwondo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event.^[7]^[8] A few months later, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2018	African Taekwondo Championships	2nd	−57 kg
2019	African Games	3rd	−57 kg
2021	African Taekwondo Championships	1st	−57 kg

References

^ ^a ^b "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results" (PDF). 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ "2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ "Taekwondo Day 3 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ Pavitt, Michael (23 February 2020). "Egyptian and Moroccan athletes earn Tokyo 2020 berths at African taekwondo qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
^ "Day 2 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "2021 African Taekwondo Championships Medalists – Day 1 – June 5" (PDF). Martial Arts Registration Online. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
^ Palmer, Dan (8 June 2021). "Olympic champion Cissé among winners at African Taekwondo Championships in Dakar". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 September 2021.