Abdelkrim Ouakali Explained

Abdelkrim Ouakali
Nationality:Algerian
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Birth Date:1993 3, df=y
Updated:22 October 2019
Show-Medals:yes

Abdelkrim Ouakali (born March 19, 1993) is an Algerian Greco-Roman wrestler. He was the winner of the 2019 African Games Greco-Roman 77 kg category.[1] [2]

In 2021, he competed at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He did not qualify at this tournament and he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[3]

He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[4] [5]

Major results

YearTournamentVenueResultEvent
2010Youth Olympic Games Singapore, Singapore5thGreco-Roman 69 kg
2012African Championships Marrakech, Morocco2ndGreco-Roman 74 kg
Mediterranean Championships Larissa, Greece9thGreco-Roman 74 kg
2013Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey8thGreco-Roman 74 kg
2014African Championships Tunis, Tunisia2ndGreco-Roman 75 kg
2019African Championships Hammamet, Tunisia2ndGreco-Roman 82 kg
African Games Rabat-El Jadida, Morocco1stGreco-Roman 77 kg
World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan30thGreco-Roman 77 kg
2020African Championships Algiers, Algeria1stGreco-Roman 77 kg
2022African Championships El Jadida, Morocco1stGreco-Roman 82 kg
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria2ndGreco-Roman 77 kg
2023African Championships Hammamet, Tunisia1stGreco-Roman 82kg

Doping sanction

On 14 February 2015 Ouakali had produce positive doping test at the 2015 Algerian National Championships. He used Furosemide and he was banned between March 12, 2015 - March 11, 2019.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeux africains 2019- lutte gréco-romaine: six médailles dont 3 en or pour l'Algérie. www.aps.dz. French. 29 August 2019. 22 October 2019.
  2. Web site: 2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book. United World Wrestling. live. 24 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200707163602/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_08_eljadida.pdf. 7 July 2020.
  3. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
  4. News: Brennan . Eliott . 21 May 2022 . Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships . . 23 May 2022.
  5. Web site: 2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522205433/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS . 22 May 2022 . 22 May 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  6. Web site: Dopage: Hichem Chaabane (cyclisme) et Abdelkrim Ouakali (lutte) suspendus quatre ans. www.huffpostmaghreb.com. French. August 24, 2015. October 22, 2019.