Nihel Cheikh Rouhou

Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (Arabic: نهال شيخ روحو ; born 5 January 1987 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian judoka.[1] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event.[2]

Nihel Chikhrouhou
Personal information
Native nameنهال شيخ روحو
NationalityTunisian
Born (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987
Sfax, Tunisia
OccupationJudoka
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Tunisia
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Bronze (2017)
African Champ.Gold × 18 times
Olympic Games7th (2016)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Tunisia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Marrakesh Open
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers Open
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Algiers +78 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Agadir +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Agadir Open
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mauritius +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mauritius Open
Gold medal – first place 2010 Yaounde +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Yaounde Open
Gold medal – first place 2011 Dakar +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Dakar Open
Gold medal – first place 2013 Maputo +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Maputo Open
Gold medal – first place 2014 Port Louis +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Libreville +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Libreville Open
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tunis +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tunis +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tunis Open
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cape Town +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Agadir +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Agadir Open
Silver medal – second place 2014 Port Louis Open
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tunis Open
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doha +78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2009 Moscow +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Paris +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Baku +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tyumen +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Düsseldorf +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tbilisi +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Baku +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Abu Dhabi +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Antalya +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2014 Samsun +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Tunis +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Düsseldorf +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Samsun +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Budapest +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Zagreb +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tunis +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Budapest +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Marrakesh +78 kg
African Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tunis +78 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara +78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF822
JudoInside.com33015
Updated on 26 June 2023.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she beat Carmen Chalá in the first round before losing to Kim Na-Young.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she lost to Maria Suelen Altheman.[1]

In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[4]

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5][6] At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event.[7] In June 2021, she competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8][9]

She won the silver medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[10]

References
  1. Sports reference profile
  2. London 2012 profile Archived 30 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Beijing 2008 78kg heavyweight women - Olympic Beijing 2008 Judo". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. "2019 African Games Judo Medalists". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  6. Gillen, Nancy (13 January 2021). "Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. Houston, Michael (23 May 2021). "Rouhou reclaims title on final day of African Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. "Nihel Cheikh Rouhou - Player Profile - Judo".
  10. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.


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