Leila Françoise Lassouani (born July 29, 1977 in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

) is a female weightlifter from Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

. In 2006 she was named the best Algerian Sportsperson along with swimmer Salim Iles

Salim Iles

Salim Iles is an Algerian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events.He was named Algerian Sportsman of the Year in 1998. He is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program.-Olympic achievements:...

 by the Algerian Press.

At the 2008 African Weightlifting Championships she won the gold medal in the 63 kg category, with a total of 205 kg.

She was the only Algerian weightlifter qualified to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In the Olympic tournament she did not finish due to failed attempts in the clean and jerk

Clean and jerk

The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...

.

Results

• Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

Women's 58 kg: finished 14th

• Athens 2004 Olympic Games

Women's 63 kg: finished 7th

External links

• Athlete Biography at beijing2008