Mounir Benamadi

Mounir Benamadi (Arabic: منير بن أمادي; born April 5, 1982) is an Algerian judoka, who played for the half-lightweight category.[1] He won a gold medal for his division at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, and silver at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir.[2]

Mounir Benamadi
Personal information
Nationality Algeria
Born (1982-04-05) 5 April 1982
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)66 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Algeria
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place2007 Algiers 66 kg
African Judo Championships
Silver medal – second place2008 Agadir 66 kg

Benamadi represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg). He defeated Australia's Steven Brown in the first preliminary round, before losing out his next match by a single koka to Uzbekistan's Mirali Sharipov.[3]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mounir Benamadi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. Aflou, Lyes (15 July 2007). "All Africa games: Algeria shines in judo, swimming". Magharebia. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  3. "Men's Half Lightweight (66kg/145 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2012.


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