Mohamed Serir Explained

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Mohamed Serir
Birth Date:6 December 1984
Birth Place:Algiers, Algeria
Weight:660NaN0
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Club:Centre Arbee
Coach:Rabbah Chebbah
Show-Medals:yes

Mohamed Serir (Arabic: محمد سرير; born December 6, 1984, in Algiers) is an amateur Algerian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's welterweight category.[1] [2] He won two medals (gold and silver) for his division at the African Wrestling Championships (2008 in Tunis, Tunisia, and 2009 in Casablanca, Morocco).[3] [4]

Serir made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 66 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Russia's Sergey Kovalenko, who was able to score six points each in two straight periods, leaving Serir without a single point.[5]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Serir lost the qualifying round match to Lithuania's Edgaras Venckaitis, with a three-set technical score (0–5, 1–0, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mohamed Serir. London 2012. 19 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130403225527/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/serir-mohamed-1064974/. 3 April 2013.
  2. Mohamed Serir. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105329/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/mohamed-serir-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 19 January 2013.
  3. Web site: African Championship: Greco-Roman seniors 2008-03-07 Tunis (TUN) – 66.0 kg. International Wrestling Federation. 19 January 2013.
  4. Web site: African Championship: Greco-Roman seniors 2009-05-15 Casablanca (MAR) – 66.0 kg. International Wrestling Federation. 19 January 2013.
  5. Web site: Men's Greco-Roman 66kg (145.5 lbs) Round of 16 Final Official. NBC Olympics. 19 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821060923/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRM166403/index.html. 21 August 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Men's 66kg Greco-Roman Qualification Official. London 2012. 19 January 2013. 16 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130216100418/www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-66kg/match=wrm166515/index.html. dead.