Ezedin Belgasem Faraj Tlish ( ar, عز الدين بلقاسم فرج طليش; April 5, 19821 August 2011) was a Libyan
taekwondo practitioner. Tlish was among thousands of civilians who were killed during the
Libyan Civil War in 2011.
Tlish made his official debut for the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens, where he competed for the
men's flyweight category (58 kg). He lost the first preliminary match by a total knockout to Chinese Taipei's
Chu Mu-yen, who eventually became an Olympic champion in the final.
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing, Tlish switched to a heavier class by competing in the
men's lightweight division (68 kg). He was disqualified from the competition for unknown reasons, allowing his first opponent
Dmitriy Kim of Uzbekistan to be given an automatic free pass for the subsequent round.
References
External links
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NBC Olympics Profile
1982 births
2011 deaths
Libyan male taekwondo practitioners
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Libya
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People killed in the First Libyan Civil War
21st-century Libyan people
Olympians killed in warfare
Sportspeople from Tripoli, Libya
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