Issam Bassou Explained

Issam Bassou
Birth Date:10 October 1998
Country:Morocco
Weight Class:60 kg
Worlds Rank:R16
Worlds Year:2021
Worlds Weight:Men's 60 kg
Regionals Type:AF
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2018
Regionals Year2:2021
Updated:5 December 2022

Issam Bassou (born 10 October 1998) is a Moroccan judoka. He won gold medals at the 2019 African Games and the 2018 African Judo Championships in the men's 60 kg category.[1] [2] His brother Imad Bassou is also a judoka.[3]

In 2020, Bassou won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2020 African Judo Championships held in Antananarivo, Madagascar.[4]

At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, Bassou won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event.[5]

Bassou won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ijf.org/judoka/13038/results?results_rank_group=all Issam BASSOU
  2. https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/57442/Issam_Bassou Issam Bassou, Judoka
  3. https://lematin.ma/journal/2019/barre-etait-haute-judokas-marocains/311983.html Le Matin - La barre était trop haute pour les judokas marocains
  4. News: Pavitt. Michael. 17 December 2020. Whitebooi retains title as African Judo Championships begins in Madagascar. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 17 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201217221911/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102125/whitebooi-african-judo-championships. 17 December 2020.
  5. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 21 May 2021. Giantkiller Samy falls in final at 2021 African Judo Championships in Dakar. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 May 2021.
  6. Web site: Judo Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220704181709/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/JUD/ResultBook/GDM2022_JUD_v1.5.pdf . 4 July 2022 . 4 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.