Choucri Atafi ( ar, شكري عطافي; born December 8, 1981 in
Bourg-en-Bresse
Bourg-en-Bresse (; frp, Bôrg) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Ain Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ...
,
France
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) is an amateur Moroccan Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category.
Atafi represented
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
London
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, where he competed in the
men's 96 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing to Tunisia's
Hassine Ayari
Hassine Ayari ( ar, حسين عياري; born July 4, 1985) is an amateur Tunisian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category. Ayari represented Tunisia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the me ...
, with a three-set technical score (0–2, 1–0, 0–3), and a classification point score of 1–3.
In 2021, he competed at the
hoping to qualify for the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, Japan.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
1981 births
Living people
Moroccan male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers of Morocco
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
Sportspeople from Bourg-en-Bresse
French male sport wrestlers
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