Kamel Abboud (born 30 September 1961) is an Algerian
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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. He competed in the
1984 Summer Olympics in the men's
welterweight
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division.
He tied for ninth place with seven other competitors.
Early life
Kamel trained at the
Béjaïa
Béjaïa (; ; ar, بجاية, Latn, ar, Bijāya, ; kab, Bgayet, Vgayet), formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province, Kabylia. Béjaïa is ...
boxing school, considered to be the best at the national level at the time he was training.
Significant Competitions
He won the gold medal in the
lightweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
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Notable lightweight b ...
division at the 1979 African Boxing Championship.
He competed in the welterweight division at the 1981 CISM Championships held at
Camp Lejeune
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in
Jacksonville, North Carolina
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. He lost to Tim Christensen (USA) in the quarter-finals.
References
1961 births
Living people
Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Algerian male boxers
Olympic boxers of Algeria
Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria
Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
Welterweight boxers
21st-century Algerian people
20th-century Algerian people
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