Nihel Bouchoucha Explained

Nihel Bouchoucha
Birth Date:1995 7, df=yes
Country:Tunisia
Weight Class:70 kg
Worlds Rank:R16
Worlds Year:2021
Worlds Weight:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Type:AF
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2019
Regionals Year2:2021
Regionals Weight2:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Year3:2022
Olympics Rank:R32
Olympics Year:2020
Olympics Weight:Women's 70 kg
Updated:9 September 2023

Nihel Bouchoucha (Landolsi, born 1 July 1995)[1] is a Tunisian judoka. She is a two-time medalist at the African Games. She is also a three-time gold medalist at the African Judo Championships.

Career

She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2018 African Judo Championships held in Tunis, Tunisia.[2] In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's 70kg event at the African Judo Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa.[3] [4] A few months later, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 70kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan.

At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, she won the gold medal in her event.[5] She also competed in the women's 70kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She was eliminated in her second match by Maria Portela of Brazil.

She competed in the women's 70kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

She won the silver medal in the women's 70kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[7] She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[8] [9]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2015 3rd −70 kg
2019 2nd −70 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nihel Landolsi. 19 December 2020. JudoInside.com.
  2. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 12 April 2018. Two gold medals for host nation on opening day of African Judo Championships in Tunis. InsideTheGames.biz. 25 January 2022.
  3. News: Etchells. Daniel. 26 April 2019. Two gold medals for Algeria on day two of African Senior Judo Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 25 January 2022.
  4. Web site: 2019 African Judo Championships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190904223735/https://www.africajudo.org/competition/1727/results. 4 September 2019. 20 August 2020. African Judo Union.
  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. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
  7. 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.
  8. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 16 August 2022 . Judo joy for Turkey with four titles on golden night at Islamic Solidarity Games . 24 April 2024 . InsideTheGames.biz.
  9. Web site: Judo Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20221109105523/https://konya2021.com/img/Sonuclar/judo_s%C4%B1ngle_results.pdf . 9 November 2022 . 24 April 2024 . 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games.