Abdelhak Kherbache (born 25 June 1995) is an Algerian freestyle wrestler. At the

African Wrestling Championships The African Wrestling Championships are amateur wrestling championships. Events are held in men's freestyle wrestling, men's Greco-Roman wrestling and women's freestyle wrestling. In 1996 a tournament for women was held for the first time. Edi ...

, he won a total of nine medals: five gold, three silver, and one bronze. He is also a two-time medalist, including gold, at the African Games. He competed in the men's 57kg event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

Kherbache represented Algeria at the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ...

held in Rabat, Morocco, and he won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg event. Four years earlier, he also competed at the African Games in this event and won one of the bronze medals at the time. In 2020, Kherbache competed in the men's 57 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. He qualified at the

2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the third regional qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 2 to 4 April 2021, in Hammamet, Tunisia. Qualification summary A total of 3 ...

to represent Algeria at the

in Tokyo, Japan. Kherbache won the gold medal in his event at the

2022 African Wrestling Championships The 2022 African Wrestling Championships was a wrestling competition. The competition was originally scheduled to be held in El Jadida, Morocco, during 6–11 April 2021, then was postponed to 17–22 May 2022 at the same venue. Medals Seniors J ...

held in El Jadida, Morocco. He lost his bronze medal match in the 65kg event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

held in Oran, Algeria.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kherbache, Abdelhak Living people 1995 births Place of birth missing (living people) Algerian male sport wrestlers African Wrestling Championships medalists African Games competitors for Algeria African Games gold medalists for Algeria African Games bronze medalists for Algeria African Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 2015 African Games Competitors at the 2019 African Games Olympic wrestlers for Algeria Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Algeria Islamic Solidarity Games wrestlers Competitors at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Algeria Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Algerian people