Hicham Mesbahi (born December 4, 1980) is a
boxer from
Morocco
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who participated in three Olympics. He was born in
Casablanca
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.
In 2000, when
Sydney
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hosted the
Summer Olympics
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, he was defeated in the second round. At the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
, he was defeated in the second round of the flyweight (51 kg) division by
Poland
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's
Andrzej Rzany. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the
1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in
Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he defeated Algeria's
Mebarek Soltani.
For the
2008 Summer Olympics
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Mesbahi qualified at bantamweight, beating among others
Issa Samir even though he lost the final of the qualifier to
Abdelhalim Ouradi.
References
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1980 births
Boxers from Casablanca
Flyweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Morocco
Living people
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Moroccan male boxers
20th-century Moroccan people
21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
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