Mebarek Soltani

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Mebarek Soltani
Personal information
Full nameMebarek Soltani
Nationality Algeria
Born (1982-04-10) April 10, 1982 (age 41)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classFeatherweight
Medal record
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Abuja Flyweight
African Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Port Louis Flyweight
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis Flyweight

Mebarek Soltani (born April 10, 1982) is a boxer from Algeria. He is the nephew of Hocine Soltani.

He participated in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. In 2000 he was stopped in the first round of the light flyweight (– 48 kg) competition. In 2004 he was stopped in the first round of the flyweight (– 51 kg) division by Russia's Georgy Balakshin.

Soltani won the bronze medal in the same division at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he lost to home fighter Hicham Mesbahi.

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