Choucri Atafi Explained

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Choucri Atafi
Birth Date:	8 December 1981
Birth Place:	Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Weight:	960NaN0
Sport:	Wrestling
Event:	Greco-Roman
Coach:	Pascal Delamarre
Show-Medals:	yes

Choucri Atafi (ar|شكري عطافي; born December 8, 1981, in Bourg-en-Bresse, France) is an amateur Moroccan Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category.^{[1] [2]} Atafi represented Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 96 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing to Tunisia's Hassine Ayari, with a three-set technical score (0–2, 1–0, 0–3), and a classification point score of 1–3.^[3]

In 2021, he competed at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

External links

• Profile – International Wrestling Database
• NBC Olympics Profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Choucri Atafi. London 2012. 7 February 2013. 4 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130404000756/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/atafi-choukri-1222570/. dead.
2. Choucri Atafi. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/at/choucri-atafi-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 7 February 2013.
3. Web site: Men's 96kg Greco-Roman Round of 16 Finals. London 2012. 7 February 2013. 2 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130402060534/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-96kg/match=wrm196403/index.html. dead.