Basema Moulhem and Fatema Hadad returned with success in the historical Syrian Women’s National Championships

The Syrian Women’s National Championships was held in Damascus which was another historical step for the Western Asian country to develop their boxing life and return to the world stage in a new level. Basema Moulhem and Fatema Hadad were successful seven years ago and after many problems in the country the duo returned to the boxing world and won their national titles in Damascus.
Syria hosted its first women national event in 2011 but the country was not able to arrange any further competition for their female talents during the Civil War. The Syrian ladies attended in the Antalya 2011 AIBA Women’s Youth & Junior World Boxing Championships which was their first ever participation in the international stage.
Altogether nine teams and 44 elite female boxers took part in the Syrian Women’s National Championships in Damascus. Ten champions have been crowned in Damascus which meant there were women boxers in all of the 10 weight classes in the event which is not common in the Asian continent’s female boxing life.
Surprisingly the city of Hama ranked as No.1 in the team standings, capital team Damascus and Police Boxing Club were the runner-ups in the Syrian Women’s National Championships. The President of the Syrian Boxing Federation Mr. Issa Al-Nassar is planning to give them chance to represent their nation in the international competitions following their more active trainings in 2019.
The first gold medal of the competition was achieved by Aleppo’s Shahd Rehaie who defeated Bain Alraja in the final of the light flyweight (48kg). Mariam Khalouf of Damascus won the first Olympic category in the Syrian Women’s National Championships where she defeated former National Champion experienced Haya Al-Saleh in the final of the flyweight (51kg) which was the bout of the entire competition.
Basema Moulhem claimed silver medal in the 2011 Syrian Women’s National Championships and after many years of problems in the country she returned to the sport and celebrated her title at the Olympic lightweight (60kg). The experienced boxer controlled her final against Ahlam Ali from the first seconds and proved she could be Syria’s woman hope in the international stage from 2019.
Hama’s Fatema Hadad had the same career route as Basema Moulhem, she took silver medal at the 2011 Syrian Women’s National Championships and came back to the ring in top shape. She was taking that result at the welterweight (69kg) seven years ago and won the light welterweight (64kg) in Damascus after beating Zena Rostam in the final.

List of the winners in the Syrian Women’s National Championships
48kg: Shahd Rehaie
51kg: Mariam Khalouf
54kg: Walaa Munzir
57kg: Malek Tamir
60kg: Basema Moulhem
64kg: Fatema Hadad
69kg: Ghofran Rohabany
75kg: Aber Bahlol
81kg: Duaa Alhade
+81kg: Najwa Solaiman

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