Youness El Mouaffaq (1994), better known by his stage name Cri6, is a London-based Moroccan competitive b-boy. As of July 2017, he has won a silver medal in the Hip-hop dance category at the VIII Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, competing together with the Moroccan national team 04 Lkarwa.[1][2][3]

Cri6
Cri6 in Seoul, South Korea (2019)
Personal information
Full nameYouness El Mouaffaq
NicknameBboy Cri6
NationalityMoroccan
Born1994
Fez, Morocco
Years active2006 ~ Present
Sport
CountryMorocco
SportDancesport
EventBreakdancing
Medal record
Hip-hop dance
Representing  Morocco
Jeux de la Francophonie
Silver medal – second place 2017 Abidjan Hip-hop dance

Career

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Youness El Mouaffaq was born in Fez, Morocco. He performed in some of the international dance competitions[4] included Red Bull BC One World Final,[5] World BBoy Series, The Notorious IBE, BBIC Korea, B.I.S China.

Youness El Mouaffaq, competing as Bboy Cri6, has been rising as a top competitor on the scene for the past few years. He's a member of El Mouwahidine and Lhiba Kingzoo with fellow Moroccan B-Boys, Lil Zoo [fr] and The Wolfer.[6]

At the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, the Canal aux Bois stage hosted the final phase of Hip-hop dance competition. Youness El Mouaffaq won the silver medal in the Hip-hop dance category, competing together with the Moroccan national team 04 Lkarwa[7][3] and succeeded in hoisting the flag of Morocco in the skies of Abidjan and thus offering the country a silver medal at the VIII Jeux de la Francophonie.[1][2]

Youness El Mouaffaq ranked 18th place globally[8][9] at WDSF World Breaking Championship[10] that took a place in Nanjing, China on June 23, 2019.

He also participated in numerous international events[4] such as:

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c le Ministère de la Culture, de la Jeunesse et des Sports et la Fondation Nationale des Musées. "Une médaille d'argent pour la Culture aux 8ème Jeux de la Francophonie à Abidjan". minculture.gov.ma. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Les Jeux de la Francophonie. "The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie Hip-hop (dance) results". jeux.francophonie.org. Accessed 2017-07-26
  3. ^ a b Les Jeux de la Francophonie. "The participants of the Moroccan national team 04 Lkarwa at the VIII Jeux de la Francophonie in Abidjan 2017". jeux.francophonie.org. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  4. ^ a b And8 Dance. "Cri6's highlights and achievements on and8.dance". and8.dance.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b Red bull TV. "Check out B-boy Cri6's best breaking from the Red Bull BC One World Finals 2018 in Zurich, Switzerland". redbull.com.
  6. ^ Emmanuel Adelekun. "Find out how B-Boy Cri6 feeds his happiness through his love for breaking". redbull.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  7. ^ Les Jeux de la Francophonie. "Médaille d'argent au concours culturel de hip-hop (danse) des VIIIes Jeux de la Francophonie Côte d'Ivoire / Abidjan 2017". jeux.francophonie.org. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  8. ^ World Dancesport Federation. "2019 WDSF World Breaking Championships results" (PDF). worlddancesport.org.
  9. ^ Auli Korhonen. "The line ups for the top 16 b-girls and the top 32 b-boys in the WDSF World Breaking Champion". worlddancesport.org. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  10. ^ a b Rory Jiwani. "What to look out for at the 2019 WDSF Breaking World Championship". olympicchannel.com. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  11. ^ a b Circle Industry Finals. "Circle Industry Winners". circleindustry.at.
  12. ^ Medi1TV. "L'équipe marocaine du breakdance participe au championnat du monde en Chine". Medi1.tv. Retrieved June 21, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Resagro. "Evenement B-Boy Cri6 Remporte Le Red Bull Bc One". Resagro.com. Retrieved May 28, 2015.