Walid Cherif (born March 9, 1978) is a

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from

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, who won the gold medal in 2003 at the

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. He also participated in the

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for his native

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n country. There he was beaten in the first round of the Flyweight (51 kg) division by

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. Cherif also competed at the

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. He beat Australian Stephen Sutherland and upset 2005 world champ

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before losing 5:7 to

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in the quarterfinal. He was a member of the team that competed for

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at the

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