Habib Galhia ( ar, حبيب قلحية, May 14, 1941 – December 25, 2011) was a

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n boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's Light Welterweight (67 kg) category at the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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, Japan. He was the first Tunisian to win an Olympic medal. Habib participated also in

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and he finished the competition in the rank 17T.

1964 Olympic results

Below is the record of Habib Galhia, a Tunisian light welterweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Willem Gerlach (Netherlands) by decision, 3-2 * Round of16: defeated Om Presand Pun (Nepal) by knockout * Quarterfinal: defeated Felix Betancourt (Cuba) by knockout * Semifinal: lost to Yevgeny Frovlov (Soviet Union) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded bronze medal)

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Habib Galhia
Olympic Database 1941 births 2011 deaths Olympic boxers of Tunisia Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Tunisia People from Kairouan Olympic medalists in boxing Tunisian male boxers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Light-welterweight boxers 20th-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-boxing-bio-stub