ABDELALI Samiha

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 25 Apr 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 2.5

Place of birth: OUARGLA

Birth Country:

Algeria

Place of residence : OUARGLA

Residence Country:

Algeria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women ALG Algeria	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #01 ALG Algeria 25 CHN China 74	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #19 NED Netherlands 109 ALG Algeria 18	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #27 ALG Algeria 8 ESP Spain 80	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #41 ALG Algeria 21 USA United States 62	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Classification Playoff 9/10 #51 AUS Australia 71 ALG Algeria 32	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
10	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
12	Women	2018	Hamburg, GER

Cooking, sewing. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Languages spoken:

Ouargla Amateur Sports Club [Algeria]

Ahmed Taguichi [national], ALG

2015 for Algeria Against South Africa, African Championships in Algiers, Algeria (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021, 14 Aug 2016)

She took up the sport in 2004 at age 15 at Club Ouargla in Algeria. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021, 14 Aug 2016)

"My love for the game." (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Winning three consecutive African championships. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Her mother, and coach Abbaz Selim. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021, 14 Aug 2016)

"My teacher Chikay." (Athlete, 14 Aug 2016)

Philosophy:

"One day for you and one day against you." (Athlete, 14 Aug 2016)

She was named on the Women's All-Star team at the 2020 Afro Paralympic Qualifiers in Johannesburg, South Africa. (iwbf.org, 12 Mar 2020)

General Interest

Classification
2.5 (IWBF, 16 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 14 Aug 2016)

Milestones

She was the first female wheelchair basketball player representing an African nation to score a basket at the Paralympic Games, when she scored Algeria's first points against the People's Republic of China at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. Algeria were the first African women's wheelchair basketball team to compete at the Paralympic Games. (IWBF Facebook page, 08 Sep 2017; paralympic.org, 10 Sep 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 16 Aug 2021)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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