Mohamed Serir ( ar, محمد سرير; born December 6, 1984, in
Algiers) is an amateur Algerian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's welterweight category.
He won two medals (gold and silver) for his division at the African Wrestling Championships (2008 in
Tunis
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, and 2009 in
Casablanca, Morocco
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Serir made his official debut for the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's 66 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Russia's
Sergey Kovalenko, who was able to score six points each in two straight periods, leaving Serir without a single point.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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, Serir lost the qualifying round match to Lithuania's
Edgaras Venckaitis
Edgaras Venckaitis (born 12 December 1985 in Tauragė) is a Lithuanian wrestler, who competes in the men's 66 kg Greco-Roman division.
He has competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he finished 7th. He lost to eventual champion Kim Hye ...
, with a three-set technical score (0–5, 1–0, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile*
Algerian male sport wrestlers
1984 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Algeria
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Algiers
21st-century Algerian people
20th-century Algerian people
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