Said Rachidi

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photograph of Said Rachidi boxing in the ring at the Olympics
Said Rachidi at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Said Rachidi (born July 14, 1986) is a boxer from Morocco best known for competing at the 2008 Olympics as middleweight.

Career

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At the Arab Championships Rachidi was edged out by Wahid Abderredha of Iraq, and he did not compete at all in the All-African Games, despite qualifying.[1] He was successful at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago, though, where he reached the quarterfinal to qualify for the Olympics.[2] He lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev. At the Pan-Arab Games he defeated Abdelhafid Benchebla but was edged out in the final by Mohammed Hikal.[citation needed] At the 2008 Olympics he lost again to Artayev.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Boxe/Championnat d'Afrique : 8 marocains qualifiés". bladinet (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  2. ^ "Two Africans Make It To Beijing 2008". Modern Ghana. November 5, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "World boxing champion Atoev shocked in opening bout". CBC News. August 9, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
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