Sami Chouchi (born 22 March 1993) is a Belgian retired
judoka
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He started off his career in the 73 kg weight category, switched in 2017 to the 81 kg weight category where he found his path to an Olympic Games blocked by fellow Belgian
Matthias Casse, so in 2023 he switched again to the heavier 90 kg weight category.
He won a silver medal in the 81 kg
2018 European Championships
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and a bronze in the
2022 European Championships
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and had eight podium places in Grand Slams and Grand Prix
with a gold at the
2021 Tbilisi Grand Slam and bronze at the
2021 Tashkent, the
2022 Paris and the
2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slams.
He announced his retirement from the sport via social media on 22 May 2025 at the age of 32, citing the pain no longer worth the effort.
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1993 births
Belgian male judoka
Living people
Martial artists from Brussels
European Games competitors for Belgium
Judoka at the 2015 European Games
Judoka at the 2019 European Games
21st-century Belgian sportsmen
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