Mebarek Soltani (born April 10, 1982) is a

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from

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. He is the nephew of

Hocine Soltani Hocine Soltani (December 1972 – March 2002) was an Algerian boxer, who won two Olympic medals. In 1992, the southpaw placed third in the featherweight division (54–57 kg), and at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the ...

. He participated in the

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and 2004 Summer Olympics for his native

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n country. In 2000 he was stopped in the first round of the light flyweight (– 48 kg) competition. In 2004 he was stopped in the first round of the flyweight (– 51 kg) division by

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Georgy Balakshin Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (russian: Георгий Русланович Балакшин; born March 6, 1980 in Antonovka, near Nyurba, Sakha Republic) is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times. Ca ...

. Soltani won the bronze medal in the same division at the All-Africa Games in

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. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the

1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco from January 15 to January 22, 2004 in sports, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxing, amateur boxers from Africa to qualify for the 2004 Summ ...

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. In the final of the event he lost to home fighter

Hicham Mesbahi Hicham Mesbahi (born December 4, 1980) is a boxer from Morocco who participated in three Olympics. He was born in Casablanca. In 2000, when Sydney hosted the Summer Olympics, he fell in the second round. At the 2004 Summer Olympics where he foug ...

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