Saifeddine Nejmaoui

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Saifeddine Nejmaoui
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Representing Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Men's Boxing
All-Africa Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Algiers Lightweight

Saifeddine Nejmaoui (born May 5, 1981) is a Tunisian boxer who won the lightweight division at the 2007 All-Africa Games and twice competed at the Olympic Games: 2004 and 2008.

In Athens 2004 he lost his first match to Frenchman Khedafi Djelkhir (13:38). He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he defeated Uganda's Brian Mayanja.

Nejmaoui won the African Championships in 2005. At the All-Africa Games he won the lightweight title in Algiers defeating Owethu Mbira in the semis. At the qualification he won all his matches including against Hamza Kramou, but his draw at the Olympic Games matched him with reigning Olympic Featherweight Champion Aleksei Tishchenko and he lost on points (2:10).

Results

DivisionOpponentW/LScore
2004 Olympic Games in Flag of Greece.svg Athens, Greece
57 kg Flag of France.svg  Khedafi Djelkhir  (FRA)L13 38
2005 African Championships in Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca, Morocco
57 kg Flag of Cameroon.svg  Mewoli Abdon  (CMR)WRSCO
Flag of Algeria.svg  Hadj Belkhir  (ALG)W24 4
Flag of Morocco.svg  Sifeddine Nejmaoui  (MAR)W30 16
2005 World Cup in Flag of Russia.svg Moscow, Russia
60 kg Flag of Georgia.svg  Konstantine Kupatadze  (GEO)W35 24
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Serik Sapiyev  (KAZ)LKO-1
2007 All-Africa Games in Flag of Algeria.svg Algiers, Algeria
60 kg Flag of Cameroon.svg  Achille Apie  (CMR)W21 8
Flag of Namibia.svg  Julius Indonyo  (NAM)W14 7
Flag of South Africa.svg  Owethu Mbira  (RSA)W19 12
Flag of Egypt.svg  Yassin Al-Sheairy  (EGY)W+12 12
2008 AIBA African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Flag of Algeria.svg Algiers, Algeria
60 kg Flag of Botswana.svg  Gaolatlhe Mpotsang  (BOT)W18 5
Flag of Ghana.svg  Frederik Lawson  (GHA)W19 7
Flag of Algeria.svg  Hamza Kramou  (ALG)W11 4
2008 Olympic Games in Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing, PR China
60 kg Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksei Tishchenko  (RUS)L2 10



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