Chakir Ansari (; born June 22, 1991) is a
Moroccan freestyle wrestler
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...
. He is the first
Moroccan freestyle wrestler
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...
qualified in
Olympic Games
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. He competed in the
men's freestyle 57 kg event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by
Asadulla Lachinau.
He won the African title in Marrakech 2017.
In 2021, he competed at the
hoping to qualify for the
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
in Tokyo, Japan.
Major results
See also
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Morocco at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Morocco competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Moroccan Olympic Committee () fielded a squad of 49 athletes, 29 men and 20 wo ...
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Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 14 to 21 August at the Carioca Arena 2 in Barra da Tijuca. Wrestling had been split into two disciplines, Freestyle wrestling, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Rom ...
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2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg
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1991 births
Living people
Moroccan male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Morocco
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2019 African Games
African Games bronze medalists in wrestling
African Games bronze medalists for Morocco
African Wrestling Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Clermont-Ferrand
Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Morocco
21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
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