Moez Zemzemi ( ar, معز زمزمي; August 18, 1975-May 1, 2012) is a

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

from

Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...

. He represented his native

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

n country at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and List of cities in Oceania by population, Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metro ...

. There he was stopped in the first round of the men's bantamweight (– 54 kg) competition by Cuba's eventual gold medalist

Guillermo Rigondeaux Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (; born 30 September 1980) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBA (Super), WBO and ''Ring'' magazine super bantamweight titles between 2013 and ...

References

Moez Zemzemi's profile at Sports Reference.com
1975 births 2012 deaths Flyweight boxers Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Tunisia Tunisian male boxers {{Tunisia-boxing-bio-stub Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tunisia Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games African Games bronze medalists for Tunisia African Games medalists in boxing Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian people