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Iman Khalif
Iman Khalif (Arabic: إيمان خليف, Romanized: ʾĪmān Khalīf, born May 2, 1999) is an Algerian female boxer. Represented Algeria in the 2020 Summer Olympics. In the 2024 Summer Olympics, the gender controversy created by the International Boxing Association caused her and Taiwanese female boxer Lin Yuting to be bullied online globally. Although LGBT is illegal in Algeria, it was also questioned by many European and American people. In the end, Khalif won the women's heavyweight boxing gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- Category
- Athletes
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Born
- 1999-05-02
- Wikidata
- Q107711236