Faicel (or Faycal) Jaballah ( ar, فيصل جاب الله) (born 1 May 1988 in

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) is a

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. He is 1,96 m tall and weighs 130 kg.

Achievements

At the

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, Faicel won a gold medal in +100 kg category. Faicel competed at the

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in the +100 kg event, he defeated

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before being eliminated by the 2011 world champion

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. Faicel qualified for the

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. He competed in the +100kg division, and defeated

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and

Islam El Shehaby Islam El-Shehaby ( ''ʾIslām ash-Shahābī''; born 1 August 1982) is an Egyptian former judoka. He competed at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics. El Shehaby was a nine-time African Champion (2002–13), and was the world bronze medalis ...

before being defeated by

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in the final match of the pool B. In the repechage, Faicel defeated

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and advanced to face

Adam Okruashvili Adam Okruashvili (Georgian: ადამ ოქრუაშვილი; born 1 January 1989 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Georgian judoka. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Olympics in the +100 kg event. Okru ...

for the third place in +100 kg category. He finished the competition in the third place, along with

. This result was the best achievement in his career so far. At the

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, he lost his first match to

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. At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, he won the gold medal in his event.

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* * * 1988 births Living people Tunisian male judoka Olympic judoka for Tunisia Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Tozeur Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tunisia Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games African Games gold medalists for Tunisia African Games medalists in judo Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2019 African Games Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-judo-bio-stub