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
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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.
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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.
References
External links
Yahoo
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
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