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Nihel Cheikh Rouhou

Nihel Cheikh Rouhou

Tunisian judoka (born 1987)

Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (Arabic: نهال شيخ روحو ; born 5 January 1987 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian judoka.[1] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the +78 kg event.[2]

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she beat Carmen Chalá in the first round before losing to Kim Na-Young.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she lost to Maria Suelen Altheman.[1]

In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[4]

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5][6] At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event.[7] In June 2021, she competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8][9]

She won the silver medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    Sports reference profile
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    London 2012 profile Archived 30 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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    "Beijing 2008 78kg heavyweight women - Olympic Beijing 2008 Judo". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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    "2019 African Games Judo Medalists". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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    "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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    Gillen, Nancy (13 January 2021). "Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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    Houston, Michael (23 May 2021). "Rouhou reclaims title on final day of African Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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    "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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    "Nihel Cheikh Rouhou - Player Profile - Judo".
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    "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.


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