Faïcel Jaballah
Faicel (or Faycal) Jaballah (Arabic: فيصل جاب الله) (born 1 May 1988 in Nefta, Tunisia) is a Tunisian judoka. He is 1,96 m tall and weighs 130 kg.[1]
Achievements[edit]
At the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Faicel won a gold medal in +100 kg category.
Faicel competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +100 kg event, he defeated Yerzhan Shynkeyev before being eliminated by the 2011 world champion Teddy Riner.[2]
Faicel qualified for the 2013 World Judo Championships in Rio.[3] He competed in the +100kg division, and defeated Roy Meyer and Islam El Shehaby before being defeated by Andreas Tölzer in the final match of the pool B.[4] In the repechage, Faicel defeated Ryu Shichinohe and advanced to face Adam Okruashvili for the third place in +100 kg category. He finished the competition in the third place, along with Andreas Tölzer. This result was the best achievement in his career so far.[5][6]
At the 2016 Olympics, he lost his first match to Barna Bor.[7]
At the 2021 African Judo Championships held in Dakar, Senegal, he won the gold medal in his event.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Faïcel Jaballah". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012.
- ^ "London 2012 profile". Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Faicel Jaballah profile in IJF, 31.08.2013
- ^ IJF World Championship Seniors 2013, 31.08.2013
- ^ Faicel Jaballah judo results, judoinside.com
- ^ World Championships, Rio 2013, DAY 6, IJF News - Saturday 31 August 2013
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ Houston, Michael (23 May 2021). "Rouhou reclaims title on final day of African Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
External links[edit]
- Faicel Jaballah at the International Judo Federation
- Faicel Jaballah at JudoInside.com
- Faicel Jaballah at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Faicel Jaballah at Olympics.com
- Faicel Jaballah at Olympedia
- Faïcel Jaballah at The-Sports.org
- Faïcel Jaballah on Instagram
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