Haykel Al-Achouri (also Haykel Achouri, Arabic: هيكل العاشوري; born August 29, 1984, in Tunis) is an amateur Tunisian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category.[1][2] He is a multiple-time African wrestling champion, and a bronze medalist for his division at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in Doha, Qatar.[3]
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| Full name | Haykel Al-Achouri | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Tunisia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1984 Tunis, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Berberuv Neshu[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Achouri represented Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 84 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Azerbaijan's Shalva Gadabadze, who was able to score five points each in two straight periods, leaving Achouri without a single point.[4]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Achouri, however, lost again in the second preliminary match of men's 84 kg class to Ukraine's Vasyl Rachyba, with a technical score of 0–3.[5]
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6][7] He competed in the men's 97 kg event.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Haykel Achouri". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Haykel Achouri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Arab Games: Greco-Roman seniors 2011-12-16 Doha (QAT) – 84.0 kg". iat.uni-leipzig.de (in German). International Wrestling Database. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Greco-Roman 84kg (185 lbs) Round of 16 Final Official". 2008.nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's 84kg Greco-Roman Round of 16 Final Official". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Wrestling - ACHOURI Haikel". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links
edit- Haykel Achouri at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Haykel Achouri at United World Wrestling
- Haykel Achouri at Olympics.com
- Haykel Achouri at Olympedia
- NBC Olympics Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 August 2012)
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