Houda Ben Daya (; born July 21, 1979, in Tunis) is a Tunisian judoka, who competed in the women's half-heavyweight category. She picked up a total of five medals, including three golds from the African Championships and a bronze from the 2001 Mediterranean Games in her native Tunis, and represented her nation Tunisia in the 78-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Ben Daya qualified for the Tunisian squad in the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by topping the field of judoka and receiving a berth from the African Championships in her native Tunis. She lost her opening match to Brazil's Edinanci Silva, who scored an ippon victory and overpowered her on the tatami with an uchi mata (inner thigh throw) at three minutes and eighteen seconds.

Houda Ben Daya

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1979 births

Living people

Tunisian female judoka

Olympic judoka for Tunisia

Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sportspeople from Tunis

Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria

Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games medalists in judo

21st-century Tunisian people

African Games medalists in judo

Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games

African Games gold medalists for Tunisia

21st-century Tunisian women

Houda Ben Daya