Aden-Alexandre Houssein Explained

Birth Date:28 March 1998[1]
Birth Place:Compiègne, France
Country:Djibouti
Weight Class:73 kg
Worlds Rank:R32
Worlds Year:2021
Worlds Weight:Men's 73 kg
Regionals Type:AF
Regionals Rank:3
Regionals Year:2019
Regionals Year2:2020
Olympics Rank:R16
Olympics Year:2020
Olympics Weight:Men's 73 kg
Updated:17 March 2024

Aden-Alexandre Houssein (born 28 March 1998) is a judoka. Born in France, he represents Djibouti internationally. He is a bronze medalist at the African Games and a two-time bronze medalist at the African Judo Championships.

Career

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73 kg event at the 2019 African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa. In that year, he represented Djibouti at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, and he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73kg event.[2]

In 2020, he also won one of the bronze medals in this event at the African Judo Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar.[3] [4] In 2021, he competed in the men's 73kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

He represented Djibouti at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was eliminated in his second match in the men's 73kg event.[5]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2019 3rd −73 kg
2019 3rd −73 kg
2020 3rd −73 kg
2024 3rd −73 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HOUSSEIN Alexandre.
  2. Web site: 2019 African Games Judo Medalists. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200820201057/https://data.ijf.org/pdf/competition/2006/0. 20 August 2020. 20 August 2020. International Judo Federation.
  3. Web site: 2020 African Judo Championships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201226021430/https://www.africajudo.org/competition/2044/results. 26 December 2020. 26 December 2020. African Judo Union.
  4. News: Gillen. Nancy. 18 December 2020. Mohamed overcomes defending champion Abdelaal at African Judo Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 28 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201219053703/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102172/mohamed-earns-african-judo-title. 19 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Judo Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.