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| Born | 3 March 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Algeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 87 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bachir Sid Azara (born 3 March 1996) [1] is an Algerian Greco-Roman wrestler. [2] At the African Wrestling Championships he won a total of eight medals: five gold medals and three silver medals. [3] He is also a gold medalist at the 2019 African Games, the 2022 Mediterranean Games and the 2023 African Games.
He represented Algeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's 87 kg event. [4] In 2015, he also competed at the African Games and he won the silver medal in the men's 80 kg event at the time. [5]
In 2020, he competed in the men's 87 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. [6] He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Algeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [7] [8] He competed in the 87 kg event. [9] He won his first match against Peng Fei of China and then lost against eventual gold medalist Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine. [9] In the repechage he was then eliminated by eventual bronze medalist Zurab Datunashvili of Serbia. [9]
He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco. [10] [11] He won the gold medal in the 87 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. [12] In the final, he defeated Mirco Minguzzi of Italy. [12] He competed in the 87 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. [13]
He won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. [14]
He competed in the 87 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [15]
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| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 2nd | Greco-Roman 80 kg |
| 2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd | Greco-Roman 80 kg |
| 2018 | Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 2nd | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
| 2022 | African Wrestling Championships | El Jadida, Morocco | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
| Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg | |
| 2023 | African Wrestling Championships | Hammamet, Tunisia | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
| 2024 | African Games | Accra, Ghana | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
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