Yahia El-Mekachari

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Yahia El-Mekachari (born February 7, 1990 in Gafsa) is a Tunisian light heavyweight amateur boxer who competed at the 2012 Olympics.

At the All-Africa Games 2011 he lost to eventual winner Abdelhafid Benchebla 7:14. [1] but won the 2011 African Championships and the 2011 Pan-Arab Games. [2] [3]

He won the 2012 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. [4] At the Olympics he defeated veteran Jakhon Qurbonov 16:8 but lost to Elshod Rasulov 6:13 in the second round. [5]

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References

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  3. "12.Pan Arab Games - Doha, Qatar - December 14-20 2011". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  4. "African Olympic Qualifier - Casablanca, Morocco - April 28 - May 5 2012". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  5. "Yahia El-Mekachari Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-03-02.