Youness Baalla

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Youness Baalla
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NationalityMoroccan
Born (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 25)
Casablanca, Morocco [1]
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Sport Boxing

Youness Baalla (born 25 April 1999) is a Moroccan boxer. [2] He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]

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Career

Baalla won the silver medal at the 2019 All-African Games in Rabat in the heavyweight category. [4] He qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics via the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar in March 2020. [1]

Baalla was disqualified at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after trying to bite his opponent David Nyika's ear in round 16 of the -91 kg event. [5] [6] [7]

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References

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