Hassan Saada (born 2 January 1994) is a Moroccan
boxer. Sadda won a bronze medal at the 2015 African Championships.
He was scheduled to compete in the
men's light heavyweight competition at the
2016 Summer Olympics, but Saada was arrested the day before the opening ceremony over
sexual assault charges.
Allegations of sexual assault and
attempted rape were made against him by two Brazilian women who worked in the Olympic Village in
Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca () (usually known as Barra) is an upper-class neighborhood or bairro in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located in the western portion of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra is well known for its beaches, its many lake ...
as waitresses. Sadda remained in custody n Brazil for 10 months until an habeas corpus was granted by the Brazilian Supreme Court.
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1994 births
Living people
Moroccan male boxers
Olympic boxers for Morocco
Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Light-heavyweight boxers
Boxers from Casablanca
21st-century Moroccan people
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