Hocine Soltani
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| Full name | Hocine Soltani |
| Nationality |
 Algeria
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| Born |
December 27, 1972 Thénia, Boumerdès |
| Died | March 1, 2002 (aged 29) Marseille, France |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Rated at | Featherweight |
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Hocine Soltani (Arabic: حسين سلطاني; 27 December 1972 – 1 March 2002) was an Algerian boxer, who won two Olympic medals. In 1992, the southpaw placed third in the featherweight division (54–57 kg), and at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the lightweight division.
Hocine Soltani was born in the Algerian town of Thénia on 27 December 1972. He was introduced to boxing by his older brother Omar, who had already trained several other fighters. Omar later explained, "It is a school of life and discipline that allowed him not to drag, he quickly proved diligent and determined." Soltani fought right-handed in the southpaw stance, using his left hand as a low guard near his hip.
He came joint third with Arnaldo Mesa at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Soltani was selected for the Olympics for the first time for the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain, competing in the featherweight division. He reached the semi final, where he was defeated by eventual gold medallist Andreas Tews of Germany. Omar said that "By the end of the Barcelona Olympics, the goal was to come back to win the gold this time. For us it was an even higher level. Nothing to do with the World Championships or the African Championships which was Hocine was each time medalist."
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