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Abdelhafid Benchabla

Abdelhafid Benchabla
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Personal information
Full name Abdelhafid Benchabla
Nationality  Algeria
Born (1986-09-26) September 26, 1986 (age 30)
Zemmouri, Algeria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Light Heavyweight
Club Kazakhstan Astana Arlans

Abdelhafid Benchabla (born September 26, 1986 in Zemmouri) is an Algerian boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is the current World Series of Boxing Light heavyweight champion.

At the Arab Championships 2007 he lost the semifinal to Mourad Sahraoui. At the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Benchabla won the silver medal after losing in the final to Ramadan Yasser of Egypt.

In 2008, Benchabla qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after beating Bastir Samir of Ghana at the AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament 2008 in Algiers, Algeria. he beat Mourad Sahraoui of Tunisia in the final. At the Olympics he won the rematch with Kassel but lost 7:12 to eventual winner Zhang Xiaoping.

In 2009, Benchabla won silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy, after losing in the light heavyweight final to Bosko Draskovic of Montenegro.


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