Cherif Younousse Samba (born May 22, 1995) is a QATARI BORN Olympic

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...

player competing for

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. In 2018, he alongside Ahmed Tijan clinched the gold medal at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

in Palembang, Indonesia. He competed in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

with teammate Jefferson Pereira. They were eliminated in the round of 16 of the men's tournament. After ending the partnership with Ahmed Tijan in 2014, they were reunited in 2017. The pair qualified for 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 ...

, where they won the bronze medal, the first ever medal for Qatar in beach volleyball.

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* * * * Qatari beach volleyball players 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Dakar Senegalese emigrants to Qatar Beach volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players of Qatar Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar Asian Games medalists in beach volleyball Beach volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Qatar Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in beach volleyball {{Qatar-volleyball-bio-stub