AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament 2008 – Middleweight

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The Middleweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition was the lightest class. Middleweights were limited to those boxers weighing between 69 - 75 kilograms.

Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.

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List of boxers

Tanzania at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tanzania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Nabil Kassel is an Algerian boxer best known to win the middleweight gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games. The family name is Kassel, Algerians generally write this first.

Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Algeria competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008.

Medalists

Gold Mohamed Hikal
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Silver Ahmed Saraku
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Bronze Nabil Kassel
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria

Results

Quarterfinal Round

2nd day
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Odilo Machichi Leonard  (TAN)11 - 16Flag of Algeria.svg  Nabil Kassel  (ALG)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Jean Baptiste Bekondji  (CMR)3 - 20Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Hikal  (EGY)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Shisia  (KEN)15 - 5Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Biembe Marco Herry Saliku  (COD)
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Mosolesa Tsie  (LES)RET R3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ahmed Saraku  (GHA)

Semifinal Round

3rd day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Nabil Kassel  (ALG)7 - 17Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Hikal  (EGY)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Shisia  (KEN)0 - 14Flag of Ghana.svg  Ahmed Saraku  (GHA)

3rd place Round

4th day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Nabil Kassel  (ALG)17 - 8Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Shisia  (KEN)

Final Round

5th day
Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Hikal  (EGY)11 - 4Flag of Ghana.svg  Ahmed Saraku  (GHA)

Qualification to Olympic games

Mohamed Hikal is an Egyptian boxer. He won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He competed in four Olympic Games from 2000-2012.

Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Egypt competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008.

Ahmed Saraku is a Ghanaian amateur boxer who won silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games at middleweight and qualified for the Olympics. Married to Ghanaian born Australian lady Sabina saraku

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