Redouane Bouchtouk (born December 19, 1976) is a boxer from

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...

who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in t ...

n country. At these games he was stopped in the first round of the Light Flyweight (48 kg) division by Colombia's Carlos José Tamara. He then qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the

1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco from January 15 to January 22, 2004 in sports, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxing, amateur boxers from Africa to qualify for the 2004 Sum ...

Casablanca, Morocco Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

. In the final of the event he lost to Ugandan fighter

Jolly Katongole Jolly Katongole (15 December 1985 – 14 May 2015) was a boxer from Uganda, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. Katongole debuted with the national team at the age of 16. He won the bronze medal at the ...

. At the first qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics he lost to

Japhet Uutoni Japhet Uutoni (also spelled Jafet Uutoni; born 29 June 1979) is a Namibian professional boxer in the light flyweight division. He was the 2005 Namibian sportsperson of the year in the Namibian newspaper and won a gold medal at the 2006 Comm ...

. At his second try he qualified for the Beijing Games, too, even though he lost in the final round to Thomas Essomba. In Beijing he lost his only bout to Paulo Carvalho.

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First qualifier results
1976 births Light-flyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Morocco Living people Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Moroccan male boxers {{Morocco-boxing-bio-stub