Nihel Bouchoucha

Nihel Bouchoucha
Bouchoucha in 2022
Personal information
Born (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 29)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍70 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2020)
World Champ.R16 (2021)
African Champ.Gold (2019, 2021, 2022)
Profile at external databases
IJF11150
JudoInside.com81226
Updated on 9 September 2023

Nihel Bouchoucha (née Landolsi, born 1 July 1995)[1] is a Tunisian judoka. She is a two-time medalist at the African Games. She is also a three-time gold medalist at the African Judo Championships.

Career

She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2018 African Judo Championships held in Tunis, Tunisia.[2] In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa.[3][4] A few months later, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 70 kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan.

At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event.[5] She also competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She was eliminated in her second match by Maria Portela of Brazil.

She competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

She won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[7] She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[8][9]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2015 African Games 3rd −70 kg
2019 African Games 2nd −70 kg

References

  1. ^ "Nihel Landolsi". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (12 April 2018). "Two gold medals for host nation on opening day of African Judo Championships in Tunis". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ Etchells, Daniel (26 April 2019). "Two gold medals for Algeria on day two of African Senior Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ^ "2019 African Judo Championships". African Judo Union. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (21 May 2021). "Giantkiller Samy falls in final at 2021 African Judo Championships in Dakar". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  8. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (16 August 2022). "Judo joy for Turkey with four titles on golden night at Islamic Solidarity Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Judo Results" (PDF). 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

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