Mehdi Khalsi (born June 6, 1986 in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

) is a Moroccan amateur boxer who competed at the

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

and

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

at welterweight (69 kg). At the 2008 Summer Olympics he lost in his debut to

Dilshod Mahmudov Dilshod Mahmudov (Дильшод Махмудов; born November 30, 1982) is a retired professional boxer from Uzbekistan who won several medals in international tournaments. Career Formally of Uzbekistan, Dilshod Mahmudov is now based at BHS ...

3-11.Olympic results
/ref> At the

2012 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2012 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco from April 29 to May 5. Qualified athletes Qualification summary Results Light flyweight Flyweight Bantamweight Lightweight Light welterw ...

he qualified again at the same weightclass.Qualifier
/ref> At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he again lost in his first fight to

Yasuhiro Suzuki is a Japanese boxer who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division (– 69 kg). He is an alumnus of the Takushoku University, and is Second lieutenant in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. Suzuki won the silv ...

, 13:14.

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1986 births Sportspeople from Casablanca Olympic boxers of Morocco Living people Welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Moroccan male boxers 21st-century Moroccan people 20th-century Moroccan people {{morocco-boxing-bio-stub