Widad Bertal
Moroccan boxer (born 1999)
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Widad Bertal (born 31 August 1999)[1] is a Moroccan boxer competing in the bantamweight (54 kg) division. She won the gold medal in the women's 54 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[2] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2025 World Championships held in Niš, Serbia.
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| Born | 31 August 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 54 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
In 2020, Bertal competed at the African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Diamniadio, Senegal hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4] She was eliminated by Keamogetse Kenosi of Botswana and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[3][4] A few months later, she competed in the featherweight event at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey.[5] She was eliminated by Esra Özyol of Turkey in her first match.[5]
Bertal represented Morocco at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[1] She competed in the women's bantamweight event where she was eliminated in her second match.[1] In that same year, she won one of the bronze medals at the 2022 African Amateur Boxing Championships held in Maputo, Mozambique.
In 2023, Bertal competed in the bantamweight event at the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in New Delhi, India.[6] In August 2023, she won the gold medal in her event at the African Amateur Boxing Championships held in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[7] In September 2023, Bertal competed at the African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Dakar, Senegal and she qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[8]
