Fouad Fajari Explained

Fouad Fajari
Birth Date:	18 April 1989
Birth Place:	Rabat, Morocco
Weight:	55kg (121lb)
Country:	Morocco
Sport:	Wrestling
Event:	Greco-Roman -55kg
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Fouad Fajari (born 18 April 1989, in Rabat) is a Moroccan Greco-Roman wrestler. He is multiple medalist at the African Championships in the 55 kg category. At the 2013 Mediterranean Games won bronze medal.^[1] He competed in the -55kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he was defeated in the 1/8 finals by Håkan Nyblom from Denmark.^[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.

Major results

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
2010	Mediterranean Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	5th	Greco-Roman 55 kg
	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	5th	Greco-Roman 55 kg
	Arab Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Greco-Roman 55 kg
2011	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	5th	Greco-Roman 55 kg
2012	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	19th	Greco-Roman 55 kg
2013	African Championships	N'Djamena, Chad	3rd	Greco-Roman 55 kg
	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	3rd	Greco-Roman 55 kg
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	33rd	Greco-Roman 55 kg
2014	African Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	2nd	Greco-Roman 59 kg
			5th	Freestyle 65 kg
	World Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	31st	Greco-Roman 59 kg
2015	African Championships	Alexandria, Egypt	5th	Greco-Roman 66 kg
2016	African Championships	Alexandria, Egypt	3rd	Greco-Roman 59 kg
			9th	Freestyle 65 kg
2018	African Championships	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	3rd	Greco-Roman 63 kg
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	20th	Greco-Roman 63 kg
2019	African Championships	Hammamet, Tunisia	3rd	Greco-Roman 63 kg
	African Games	Rabat-El Jadida, Morocco	2nd	Greco-Roman 60 kg
	World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	27th	Greco-Roman 60 kg

Notes and References

1. Web site: 17th Mediterranean Games Highlights - Italy leads in the medal list at 17th Mediterranean Games in Turkey's Mersin province. www.aa.com.tr. 24 June 2013. 4 November 2020.
2. Web site: Fouad Fajari - Wrestling - Olympic Athlete. LOCOG. 20 August 2012. 21 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821123203/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/fajari-fouad-1104208/. dead.