Anis Chedly ( ar, انيس الشاذلي; born 19 February 1981) is a Tunisian

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who competed in the super heavyweight division (+100 kg) and open class. He is also a six-time African, and two-time World Cup champion in the same category, and won the gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games in

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. At the

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, Chedly was eliminated in the first preliminary round of the men's +100 kg, after being defeated by France's

Teddy Riner Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner (, ; born 7 April 1989) is a French judoka. He has won ten World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and three Olympic gold medals (two individual, one team). He has also won ...

, who eventually won the bronze medal. He was also the nation's flag bearer at the

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1981 births Living people Tunisian male judoka Olympic judoka of Tunisia Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Tunisia Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games African Games gold medalists for Tunisia African Games medalists in judo Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games 21st-century Tunisian people 20th-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-judo-bio-stub