Anis Chedly (; born 19 February 1981), also known as Anis Chedli or Anis Al-Chedli, is a Tunisian

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who competed in the super heavyweight division (+100 kg) and open class. He is also a six-time African, and two-time World Cup champion in the same category, and won the gold medal at the

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games (; ), also known as Algiers 2007 (), took place from 11 to 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers became the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were a ...

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. At the

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, Chedly was eliminated in the first preliminary round of the men's +100 kg, after being defeated by France's

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, who eventually won the bronze medal. He was also the nation's flag bearer at the

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* * * 1981 births Living people Tunisian male judoka Olympic judoka for Tunisia Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Tunisia Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games African Games gold medalists for Tunisia African Games gold medalists in judo Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2007 All-Africa Games 21st-century Tunisian sportsmen 20th-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-judo-bio-stub