Yousra Matine (born 6 April 1996) is a Moroccan snooker player. She won the Women's Individual Snooker gold medal at the 2019 African Games.[1] There were four entries in the women's individual snooker event. Matine beat Hakima Kissai 3–0, Yara Sharafeldin 2–1 and Gantan Elaskary 2–0.[2] This was the first time that snooker had been included as an event in the African Games.[3]
Born | 6 April 1996 | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport country | Morocco | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matine was taught to play snooker by her fiancé Amine Amiri in 2016.[3]
References
edit- ^ "MATINE Youssra". jar2019.ma. African Games Rabat 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Snooker: Summary – Women's Individual". jar2019.ma. African Games Rabat 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ a b Younus-Jewell, Shabnam (10 December 2019). "Yousra Matine & Amine Amiri – African snooker's golden couple". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2019.