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Driss Lahrichi (born 2 December 1997) is a Moroccan swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] In 2019, he represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. [2]
Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo is a Cuban boxer, best known for winning the junior world title at lightweight in 2006, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He went on to add to his already impressive Olympic resume by winning another gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo at 33-years-old.
Morocco competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Patience Okon Georgelisten is a Nigerian sprinter. She competed in the 400 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China and also at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. George is a two-time African Championships bronze medallist in the individual 400 metres event. She is also a three-time Nigerian national champion in the 400 metres.
Ghana competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having taken part in all but three editions since its debut at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Ghana did not attend the 1976 Olympics because of the African boycott and did not attend the 1980 Olympics because of the United States boycott.
Reem Mansour is an Egyptian recurve archer. She competed in the archery competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Marwan Aly Elkamash is an Egyptian swimmer.
Tindwende Sawadogo is a Burkinabé Olympic swimmer. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's 50 metre freestyle event where he ranked at #67 with a time of 26.38 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals. In 2019, he represented Burkina Faso at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.
Noura Mana is a Moroccan swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2019, she represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre freestyle events.
Chloé Marie Helene Sauvourel is a French-born Central African swimmer. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 50 metre freestyle event; her time of 37.15 seconds in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals. She was the flagbearer for her country at the Parade of Nations.
Abdelkebir Ouaddar is a Moroccan equestrian. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping event, in which he tied for 50th place. He was the flag bearer for Morocco at the Parade of Nations.
Eméric Kpegba is a Togolese swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he ranked 80th with a time of 27.67 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals. In 2019, he represented Togo at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.
Billy-Scott Irakose is a Burundian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he ranked 66th with a time of 26.36 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals. He represented Burundi at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.
Adem Boudjemline is an Algerian Greco-Roman wrestler. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's Greco-Roman -85 kg where he finished in 17th place after losing to Nikolay Bayryakov of Bulgaria in the 1/8 finals round.
Joseph Émilienne Essombe Tiako is a Cameroonian wrestler. She competed in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Betzabeth Argüello.
Merven Clair is a Mauritian boxer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's middleweight event, in which he was eliminated in the first round by Hosam Bakr Abdin. He also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the welterweight class where he was also eliminated in the first round, that time by Kenya's Rayton Okwiri. At the 68th edition of the Strandja Memorial in February 2017, he placed third after a defeat in the semifinals to eventual tournament winner Pat McCormack. At the 2017 African Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, Clair secured a silver medal in the 69 kg weight class, suffering his only defeat of the tournament in the final against Muzamiru Kakande from Uganda. He won the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco in the welterweight class by defeating the Nigerian boxer Abdulafeez Osoba in the final. At the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stephen Zimba by referee stoppage in the second round.
Marwan El-Amrawy in Alexandria, Egypt, is an Egyptian marathon swimmer. He placed 23rd in the men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics after placing 1st in Africa. In 2019, he represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.
Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except 1932 and 1980, joining the United States-led boycott in the latter.
Morocco competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that Morocco hosted the competition. It was also the first time since the 1978 All-Africa Games that Morocco took part in the competition after being banned. In total, athletes representing Morocco won 31 gold medals, 32 silver medals and 46 bronze medals and the country finished in 5th place in the medal table.
Ethiopia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country's participation in Tokyo marked its fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1956, having missed three occasions due to joining the African (1976), Soviet (1984), and North Korean (1988) boycotts. Ethiopia left Tokyo with a total of four medals, a decrease from its previous overall tally at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and its lowest medal count since 1996.
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