Amine Guennichi Explained

Amine Guennichi
Full Name:Amine Al-Guennichi
Birth Date:1999 3, df=yes
Country:Tunisia
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:130 kg
Event:Greco-Roman

Amine Guennichi (born 16 March 1999)[1] is a Tunisian Greco-Roman wrestler. He represented Tunisia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the silver medal in the 130kg event.[2] [3] He is also a six-time medalist at the African Wrestling Championships.

Career

He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] He competed in the men's 130kg event.[5]

In November 2021, he competed in the 130kg event at the U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6]

He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[7] He won the bronze medal in the 130kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[8]

In 2024 he was handed a four-year doping ban.[9]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2017African Wrestling ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco3rdGreco-Roman 98 kg
2018African Wrestling ChampionshipsPort Harcourt, Nigeria3rdGreco-Roman 97 kg
2019African Wrestling ChampionshipsHammamet, Tunisia3rdGreco-Roman 97 kg
African GamesRabat, Morocco2ndGreco-Roman 130 kg
2020African Wrestling ChampionshipsAlgiers, Algeria2ndGreco-Roman 130 kg
2022African Wrestling ChampionshipsEl Jadida, Morocco2ndGreco-Roman 130 kg
Mediterranean GamesOran, Algeria3rdGreco-Roman 130 kg
2023African Wrestling ChampionshipsHammamet, Tunisia2ndGreco-Roman 130kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry List by NOC . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627230457/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-06-25/WRE-------------------------------__C32A_1.0.pdf . 27 June 2022 . 27 June 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  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: Athlete Profile. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921201025/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=698A567C90D54033A61E65C89BCB79AC . 2021-09-21 .
  4. News: Shefferd. Neil. 2 April 2021. Host nation Tunisia claim four places at Tokyo 2020 on first day of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 3 April 2021.
  5. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
  6. Web site: 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211110104150/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG. 10 November 2021. 10 November 2021. United World Wrestling.
  7. 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.
  8. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220704135758/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/ResultBook/GDM2022_WRE_v1.6.pdf . 4 July 2022 . 4 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  9. https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/tunisian-wrestler-guenichi-out-paris-2024-after-doping-ban-source-2024-07-24/ Tunisian wrestler Guenichi out of Paris 2024 after doping ban