Nabil Ech-Chaabi Explained

Nabil Ech-Chaabi
Birth Date:2001 6, df=yes
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Country:Morocco
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:84 kg
Event:Kumite

Nabil Ech-Chaabi, sometimes written Nabil Ech-chaabi (born 4 June 2001) is a Moroccan karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 84kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[1] [2] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 84kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[3]

Career

In June 2018, he qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics at the qualification event held in Umag, Croatia.[4] [5] In October 2018, he won the silver medal in the boys' kumite +68kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[6] [7] He represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games and he won the silver medal in the men's 84kg event.[8] [9] He also won the silver medal in the men's team kumite event.[9]

In June 2021, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10] He was eliminated in his first match by Asiman Gurbanli of Azerbaijan.[10] In November 2021, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's 84kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[11]

He competed in the men's 84kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[12] He won his first match and he then lost his next match against eventual gold medalist Youssef Badawy of Egypt.[12] He was then eliminated in the repechage by eventual bronze medalist Uğur Aktaş of Turkey.[12] He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 84kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[1] [2] In the final, he lost against Youssef Badawy of Egypt.[1] [2] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 84 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[3]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue RankEvent
2019African GamesRabat, Morocco2ndKumite 84kg
2ndTeam kumite
2022World GamesBirmingham, United States2ndKumite 84kg
Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey3rdKumite 84kg

Notes and References

  1. News: New Karate heroes crowned at The World Games 2022 . 10 July 2022 . World Karate Federation . live . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710090554/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-the-world-games-2022/1990 . 10 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  3. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820111044/https://cdn.sportdata.org/4a055a1d-b83c-4a7b-a18a-80a801a00820/ . 20 August 2022 . 21 August 2022 . 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – sportdata.org.
  4. News: Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018 . . 1 July 2018 . 1 July 2018.
  5. News: Palmer . Dan . 30 June 2018 . Japan continue success at Buenos Aires 2018 karate qualifier . . 21 August 2022.
  6. News: Etchells . Daniel . 18 June 2019 . Iranian karateka Mohammadi dies in car accident less than eight months after winning gold at Buenos Aires 2018 . InsideTheGames.biz . 19 August 2022.
  7. Web site: Buenos Aires Results. 19 August 2022. InsideTheGames.biz.
  8. News: Etchells. Daniel. 28 August 2019. Morocco confirm status as major karate powerhouse at African Games. InsideTheGames.biz. 16 November 2021.
  9. Web site: Karate Results. 2019 African Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426201444/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/306/ResultBook_306_20190826_201158-min.pdf. 26 April 2020. 26 April 2020.
  10. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. World Karate Federation.
  11. Web site: 2021 World Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf. 21 November 2021. 21 November 2021. World Karate Federation.
  12. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705100714/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/ResultBook/GDM2022_KTE_v1.0.pdf . 5 July 2022 . 5 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.