Youness Baalla

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Youness Baalla
Personal information
NationalityMoroccan
Born (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 22)
Casablanca, Morocco[1]
Sport
SportBoxing

Youness Baalla (born 25 April 1999) is a Moroccan boxer.[2] He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career[]

Baalla won the silver medal at the 2019 All-African Games in Rabat in the heavyweight category.[4] He qualified for the Tokyo Olympics via the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar in March 2020.[5]

Baalla was disqualified from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after trying to bite his opponent's (David Nyika) ear in round 16 of the -91 kg event.[6][7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Youness Baalla". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Youness Baalla". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Boxing: Men's Heavy (81-91kg)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Arryadia - Jeux Africains 2019/Boxe: Baalla Youness se contente de la médaille d'argent de la catégorie lourd (91 kg)". arryadia.snrt.ma. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Boxing BAALLA Youness - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Le marocain Youness Baalla se prend pour Mike Tyson et tente de mordre son adversaire lors des JO de Tokyo". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ^ à 06h06, Par Victor Cousin Le 28 juillet 2021 (28 July 2021). "JO de Tokyo : le boxeur marocain Youness Baalla se prend pour Mike Tyson et essaie de mordre son adversaire". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  8. ^ "JO : Un boxeur marocain imite Mike Tyson et tente de mordre son adversaire en plein combat". LEFIGARO (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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