| Hamid Ait Bighrade | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | حميد ايت بيغراد |
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| Born | May 13, 1976 |
Hamid Ait Bighrade (born May 13, 1976) is a Moroccan boxer who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [1]
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a sovereign state located in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Morocco claims the areas of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, all of them under Spanish jurisdiction. The capital is Rabat and the largest city Casablanca. Morocco spans an area of 710,850 km2 (274,460 sq mi) and has a population of over 35 million.
Boxing is a combat sport and blood sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Athens 2004, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the motto Welcome Home.
Ait Bighade qualified himself for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics by taking the gold medal at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana defeating Ethiopia's Abel Aferalign. [2]
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each. Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner.
The 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Gaborone, Botswana from March 15 to March 22, 2004. It was the second and last chance for amateur boxers from Africa to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Olympic Tournament in Athens, Greece, except for the heavyweight and super heavyweight division.
Gaborone is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 231,626 based on the 2011 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
Ait Bighrade fought as a bantamweight in the 2004 Olympics. He lost in the first round in a 25–17 decision against India's Diwakar Prasad. [3]
The bantamweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 17 to 29 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. This is limited to those boxers weighing between 51 and 54 kilograms.
Diwakar Prasad is a male amateur boxer from India. He qualified to compete in the bantamweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he lost in the second round to Nigeria's Nestor Bolum.
