Linda Mazri (Arabic: ليندا مازري; born 21 December 2001) is an Algerian badminton player.[1] She is the gold medalist in African Games and African Championships.[2][3][4]

Linda Mazri
Personal information
CountryAlgeria
Born (2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 22)
El Biar, Algiers, Algeria
ResidenceChéraga, Algiers, Algeria
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Years active2011–
HandednessRight
EventDoubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Algeria
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat Mixed team
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Algiers Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Port Harcourt Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2020 Cairo Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kampala Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Benoni Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Algiers Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Benoni Mixed team
Africa Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Cairo Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Algiers Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Cairo Women's team
African Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Algiers Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Algiers Girls' team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Algiers Girls' singles
African Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Casablanca Girls' singles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Casablanca Girls' doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Casablanca Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

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Mazri started representing Algeria at an early age of 13 and competed for the first time with the national team in the Serbian Under-15 International Championship, and at that time won two bronze medals in the singles and women's doubles competitions. Mazri also represented her country in the African Under-15 Championship hosted by Egypt and won the bronze medal in the singles category and the silver in the mixed doubles. After that, she participated in the South African International Championships and won the singles bronze and the girls' doubles gold, and in the Uganda International Championship she won the singles gold and the singles bronze as well as won many medals and titles at the level of singles, doubles and mixed doubles in the Arab championships. Mazri shined in the World Open Championship that was held in Algeria in 2017 when she won the gold of mixed doubles and the bronze of the girls' doubles, and in the following year, in the African Games, she won the gold of mixed doubles, and she repeated the same thing in the African Championship held in Nigeria 2019 by winning gold in Mixed doubles, bronze in Women's doubles event and qualified for the World Championships in China in 2018.[5]

Achievements

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African Games

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center,
Casablanca, Morocco
  Koceila Mammeri   Adham Hatem Elgamal
  Doha Hany
21–19, 21–16   Gold

African Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne,
Algiers, Algeria
  Halla Bouksani   Allisen Camille
  Juliette Ah-Wan
16–21, 19–21   Bronze
2023 John Barrable Hall,
Benoni, South Africa
  Yasmina Chibah   Amy Ackerman
  Deidre Laurens
19–21, 12–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne,
Algiers, Algeria
  Koceila Mammeri   Enejoh Abah
  Peace Orji
21–17, 15–21, 21–12   Gold
2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  Koceila Mammeri   Enejoh Abah
  Peace Orji
15–21, 21–16, 21–18   Gold
2020 Cairo Stadium Hall 2,
Cairo, Egypt
  Koceila Mammeri   Adham Hatem Elgamal
  Doha Hany
13–21, 21–18, 19–21   Silver

African Youth Games

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Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Salle Protection-Civile de Dar El-Beïda, Algiers, Algeria   Halla Bouksani 15–21, 12–21   Silver

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Salle Protection-Civile de Dar El-Beïda,
Algiers, Algeria
  Halla Bouksani   Jemimah Leung For Sang
  Ganesha Mungrah
21–17, 21–17   Gold

African Junior Championships

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Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 Casablanca, Morocco   Halla Bouksani 10–21, 9–21   Silver

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Casablanca, Morocco   Sirine Ibrahim   Johanita Scholtz
  Zani van der Merwe
21–23, 21–18, 16–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Casablanca, Morocco   Samy Khaldi   Yacine Belhouane
  Sirine Ibrahim
14–21, 15–21   Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 runners-up)

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Algeria International   Halla Bouksani 9–21, 12–21   Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Ethiopia International   Halla Bouksani   Lekha Shehani
  Waduthantri Kavindika Binari de Silva
12–21, 21–19, 8–21   Runner-up
2018 Algeria International   Halla Bouksani   Doha Hany
  Hadia Hosny
19–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2023 Egypt International   Yasmina Chibah   Julia Meyer
  Leona Michalski
21–19, 11–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2023 Algeria International   Yasmina Chibah   Amy Ackerman
  Deidre Laurens
19–21, 12–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Ethiopia International   Sifeddine Larbaoui   Misha Zilberman
  Svetlana Zilberman
Walkover   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International

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Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Uganda Junior International   Halla Bouksani 21–13, 14–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2017 Mauritius Junior International   Halla Bouksani 14–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2017 Ivory Coast Junior International   Halla Bouksani 15–21, 9–21   Runner-up

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Uganda Junior International   Halla Bouksani   Husina Kobugabe
  Tracy Naluwooza
21–11, 21–13   Winner
2017 South Africa Junior International   Halla Bouksani   Johanita Scholtz
  Megan de Beer
21–14, 16–21, 21–19   Winner
2017 Zambia Junior International   Halla Bouksani   Sendila Mourat
  Shania Leung
21–16, 21–14   Winner
2017 Algeria Junior International   Halla Bouksani   Malak Basem Sobhy Ebrahim
  Nour Ahmed Youssri
21–18, 21–9   Winner
2017 Egypt Junior International   Halla Bouksani   Jana Ashraf
  Esraa Mohamed Hany
21–11, 21–11   Winner
2017 Mauritius Junior International   Halla Bouksani   Kritisha Mungrah
  Vilina Appiah
21–14, 21–9   Winner
2017 Ivory Coast Junior International   Halla Bouksani   Eyram Yaa Migbodzi
  Grace Annabel Atipaka
21–7, 21–15   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Uganda Junior International   Sifeddine Larbaoui   Brian Kasirye
  Husina Kobugabe
16–21, 28–26, 21–17   Winner
2017 Algeria Junior International   Sifeddine Larbaoui   Mohamed Mostafa Kamel
  Hana Hesham Mohamed
21–11, 21–3   Winner
2017 Ivory Coast Junior International   Sifeddine Larbaoui   Montaser Mahmoud
  Jana Ashraf
19–21, 24–22, 21–17   Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Profile : Linda MAZRI". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Algeria grabs gold in mixed doubles". www.aps.dz. Algérie Presse Service. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ Ifetoye, Samuel (29 April 2019). "Africa: Team Nigeria Wins All Africa Senior Badminton Championships". The Guardian. Lagos. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ Monye, Alex (20 February 2018). "Mauritania tops as Nigeria wins five medals at Africa Badminton championship". m.guardian.ng. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ جمادى, الثاني (27 February 2020). "الجزائرية ليندا مازري.. النجومية في وقت مبكر". www.alayam.com (in Arabic). Alayam Newspaper. Retrieved 26 September 2020.