Safouane Attaf (born March 9, 1984, in

Kenitra Kenitra ( ar, القُنَيْطَرَة, , , ; ber, ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ, Qniṭra; french: Kénitra) is a city in north western Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey from 1932 to 1956. It is a port on the Sebou River, Sebou river, has a popul ...

) is a Moroccan

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

. He competed in the men's 81 kg event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

; after defeating Liva Saryee in the second round, he was eliminated by Leandro Guilheiro in the third round. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, he reached the second round, where he was defeated by

Euan Burton Euan Michael Burton MBE (born 31 March 1979) is a Scottish judoka (a Judo practitioner). Biography Burton was born in Ascot, Berkshire but lives in Edinburgh, he was educated at Pencaitland Primary School, Ross High School and the Univer ...

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* * * 1984 births Living people Moroccan male judoka Olympic judoka of Morocco Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Morocco Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games People from Kenitra 20th-century Moroccan people 21st-century Moroccan people {{Morocco-sport-bio-stub