Breaking Olympics: Who is B-Girl Elmamouny, the Moroccan Breaker?
Ahead of her battle tonight we share a few little known facts about this Olympic breaker
Breaking Olympics: Who is B-Girl Elmamouny, the Moroccan Break Dancer? Bazaar Arabia shares everything we know about this pioneering young Olympian here.
As breaking makes its Olympic debut, sports fans are curious to know more about the athletes who are bringing their A-games to the global stage. From the USA to France, Italy to China, countries are sending their best to perform tonight at Parc Urbain in the B-Girls Pre-Qualifier Battle, set to take place at 18:00 GST (16:00 CEST).
B-Girl Elmamouny will be representing the region, hailing from Morocco. The 25-year-old champion is a strong contestant for gold, having won the inaugural African Championship in her home country.
Ahead of her breaking Olympics battle, Bazaar Arabia shares a few little-known facts about B-Girl Elmamouny here.
Breaking Olympics: Who is B-Girl Elmamouny, the Moroccan Breaker?
She’s from Rabat, Morocco.
Born Fatima Zahra El Mamouny, the 25-year-old B-girl star was the first female breaker to secure her spot in the Paris 2024 Olympics break dancing battles. Though it took some convincing to secure her family’s support, B-Girl Elmamouny has confirmed in interviewers they’re proud of her success.
She has been competing internationally throughout the past few years, having started the sport just under 10 years ago.
B-Girl Elmamouny’s first major competition was in 2019.
B-Girl Elmamouny first competed – and won – the 2019 Red Bull BC One Cypher in Mumbai and has been crowned the two-time Moroccan champ. Winning the African Championship earlier this year made her the first Olympic qualifier for the is women’s B-Girl category.
She is the first Moroccan woman to compete in breaking at the Olympics.
Her breaking success has allowed her to explore the world.
From India to Egypt, B-Girl Elmamouny’s hard work has provided her with the opportunity to travel the world.
She believes breaking is both a sport and an art.
B-Girl Elmamouny is quick to highlight that, though there is a strong physical component to being successful in the sport, breaking is also an art-form.
“I’m always trying to show that this is a sport, and a dance and an art,” she told the BBC. “It can take you from somewhere bad to somewhere really good. And to those people who say it’s not a sport, I’d tell them to come to our workshops and do the moves that we show you and we’ll see if you can do it. They’re super hard!”
Good luck B-Girl Elmamouny!
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