Haithem Dakhlaoui

Haithem Dakhlaoui
Personal information
Born (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 30)[1]
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportAmateur wrestling
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Tunisia
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Algiers 70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Port Harcourt 65 kg

Haithem Dakhlaoui (born 17 November 1994) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. He is a two-time medalist at the African Wrestling Championships. He also represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

He competed at the 2016 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was eliminated in his second match by Jason Afrikaner of Namibia.

In 2018, he won the silver medal in the 65 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[2] Two years later, he secured the gold medal in the 70 kg event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.[3]

He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5] He competed in the men's 65 kg event.[6]

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
2018 African Wrestling Championships Port Harcourt, Nigeria 2nd Freestyle 65 kg
2020 African Wrestling Championships Algiers, Algeria 1st Freestyle 70 kg

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling: DAKHLAOUI Haithem". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Senegalese clinches eighth gold at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ Shefferd, Neil (4 April 2021). "Algeria claim four places at Tokyo 2020 on final day of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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