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Abdelhafid Benchabla
Personal information
Full nameAbdelhafid Benchabla
Nationality Algeria
Born (1986-09-26) September 26, 1986 (age 38)
Zemmouri, Algeria
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight Heavyweight
ClubKazakhstan Astana Arlans [1]
Medal record
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo Light Heavyweight
Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers Light Heavyweight
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara Light Heavyweight

Abdelhafid Benchabla (born September 26, 1986 in Zemmouri) is an Algerian boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is the current World Series of Boxing Light heavyweight champion.

Career

At the Arab Championships 2007 he lost the semifinal to Mourad Sahraoui. At the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Benchabla won the silver medal after losing in the final to Ramadan Yasser of Egypt.[citation needed]

In 2008, Benchabla qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after beating Bastir Samir of Ghana at the AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament 2008 in Algiers, Algeria.[2] he beat Mourad Sahraoui of Tunisia in the final. At the Olympics he won the rematch with Kassel but lost 7:12 to eventual winner Zhang Xiaoping.[3][citation needed]

In 2009, Benchabla won silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy, after losing in the light heavyweight final to Bosko Draskovic of Montenegro.[4]

On May 28, 2011, Benchabla qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after beating Ludovic Groguhe of France in the World Series of Boxing light heavyweight final in Guiyang, China.[5]

At the 2012 Olympics (results) he beat German Enrico Kölling 12-9 then lost to Ukrainian Oleksandr Hvozdyk 17-19, with a controversial two points penalty in the last 5 seconds of the 3rd round.[6]

References

  1. ^ All boxers of "Astana Arlans" club
  2. ^ Algeria claim final Olympic spot at African qualifier
  3. ^ "75 - 81kg (light-heavyweight) men results - Boxing - Beijing 2008 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  4. ^ Boxing Biography & Results - BENCHABLA Abdelhafid
  5. ^ Olympic Qualification for Derevyanchenko and Benchabla Closes Inaugural Season
  6. ^ "Abdelhafid Benchabla Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Algeria
London 2012
Succeeded by
Incumbent