Tekiath Ben Yessouf
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Niamey, Niger[citation needed]
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| Nickname(s) | Teki, Kiki | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1991 Niamey, Niger[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Police officer | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Niger | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club |  BSV Friedrichshafen | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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]
