Youness Baalla (born 25 April 1999) is a Moroccan

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. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

Career

Baalla won the silver medal at the 2019 All-African Games in Rabat in the heavyweight category. He qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics via the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar in March 2020. Baalla was disqualified at the

in Tokyo after trying to bite his opponent

David Nyika David Kieran Nyika (born 7 August 1995) is a New Zealand professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at both the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as competing at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships. Nyika and Sarah Hirini ...

's ear in round 16 of the -91 kg event.

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* * * * 1999 births Living people Moroccan male boxers Olympic boxers for Morocco Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Boxers from Casablanca African Games medalists in boxing 21st-century Moroccan people African Games silver medalists for Morocco Competitors at the 2019 African Games {{Morocco-boxing-bio-stub