Hussein Iashaish ( ar, حسين عشيش; born 6 August 1995) is a

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. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He defeated Mihai Nistor of

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in the round of 16. He was then defeated by eventual gold medalist

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in the quarterfinals. Ishaish was the flagbearer for Jordan during the

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. His brother, Zeyad, is also a boxer.

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* 1995 births Living people Jordanian male boxers Olympic boxers of Jordan Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Amman Boxers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Jordan Super-heavyweight boxers 21st-century Jordanian people {{Jordan-boxing-bio-stub