Yousry Hafez (born 30 August 1993) is an Egyptian

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who competed at the

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and 2019 World Championships. He has also won gold medals at the

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and

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Amateur career

His first international medal was at the 2017

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, where he lost in the semi-finals to eventual gold medalist Arsène Fokou and took home a bronze medal. He then competed in that year's

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, losing in his first bout against

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. He won a gold medal at the

, winning every fight by

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(UD) and beating Mohamed Firisse of

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in the final, and soon achieved another gold medal at the

. The latter qualified him for the 2019 World Championships in

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, where he managed to win his first fight against

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ian representative Joel da Silva. In the 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was the number one seed in the super-heavyweight bracket, but was eliminated in the first round by Maxime Njieyo Yegnong by

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Amateur results

*2015 National Championships in Egypt (super-heavyweight) ** Lost to Issa Ahmed Madian Kassem 0–3 * 2016 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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, Cameroon (

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) ** Defeated Fred Ramogi (Kenya) 3–0 ** Lost to Aymen Trabelsi (Tunisia) 0–3 *2016 National Championships in Egypt (super-heavyweight) *

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, Azerbaijan (super-heavyweight) ** Lost to Magomedrasul Medzhidov (Azerbaijan) AB2 *2017 African Championships in

, Republic of the Congo (super-heavyweight) ** Defeated Hamza Beguerni (Algeria) 4–1 ** Defeated Keddy Agnes (Seychelles) 5–0 ** Lost to Arsène Fokou (Cameroon) AB2 * 2017 World Championships in

, Germany (

) ** Lost to

(Australia) 0–5 *

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, Spain (

) ** Defeated Dašo Simeunović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 5–0 ** Defeated Eren Uzun (Turkey) 5–0 ** Defeated Djamili-Dine Aboudou (France) 5–0 ** Defeated Mohamed Firisse (Morocco) 5–0 *

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, Morocco (super-heavyweight) ** Defeated Chouaib Bouloudinat (Algeria) 4–1 ** Defeated Solomon Imoleayo Adebayo (Nigeria) 5–0 ** Defeated Jeamie Tshikeva (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 4–1 * 2019 World Championships in

, Russia (

) ** Defeated Joel da Silva (Brazil) 5–0 ** Lost to Mahammad Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) 2–3 *2019 National Championships in

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, Egypt (super-heavyweight) *

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, China (super-heavyweight) ** Defeated Vladan Babić (Serbia) 5–0 ** Lost to Haipeng Mou (China) 1–4 * 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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, Senegal (

) ** Lost to Maxime Njieyo Yegnong (Cameroon) 2–3

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hafez, Yousry Living people 1993 births Egyptian male boxers Super-heavyweight boxers Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt Boxers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Boxers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games gold medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2019 African Games Olympic boxers for Egypt Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen Martial artists from Alexandria Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Egypt