Hassane Azzoun ( ar, حسان عزوننير بن أمادي; born September 28, 1979) is an Algerian

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

, who played for the half-heavyweight category. He is a six-time medalist at the African Judo Championships, and also, a bronze medalist for his division at the

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nige ...

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

. At age twenty-nine, Azzoun made his official debut for 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, where he competed for the men's half-heavyweight class (100 kg). He lost his first preliminary match by an ippon and a sode tsurikomi goshi (sleeve lifting and pulling hip throw) to Azerbaijan's

Movlud Miraliyev Movlud Miraliyev (born 27 February 1974 in Kitab, Uzbekistan, Kitob, Qashqadaryo Province, Uzbekistan) is an Azerbaijani retired judoka of Meskhetian Turks, Turkish Meskhetian origin. Miraliyev finished in joint fifth place in the Judo at the 2 ...

. Because his opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Azzoun offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. He was defeated in his first match by Georgia's Levan Zhorzholiani, who successfully scored an ippon and a

kuzure kami shiho gatame is one of the seven mat holds, Osaekomi-waza, of Kodokan Judo, a variation of Kami shiho gatame. In grappling terms, it is categorized as a north-south hold. Technique description Executing the Kuzure-kami-shiho-gatame is similar to Kami sh ...

(seven mat holds), at three minutes and fifty-four seconds.

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Algerian male judoka Living people Olympic judoka of Algeria Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1979 births African Games bronze medalists for Algeria African Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-judo-bio-stub