Abdelhafid Benchabla

Abdelhafid Benchabla
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Personal information
Full name	Abdelhafid Benchabla
Nationality	Algeria
Born	September 26, 1986 (age 37); Zemmouri, Algeria
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Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Light Heavyweight
Club	Astana Arlans
All-Africa Games
Mediterranean Games

Abdelhafid Benchabla (born September 26, 1986 in Zemmouri) is an Algerian boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is the current World Series of Boxing Light heavyweight champion.

Career

At the Arab Championships 2007 he lost the semifinal to Mourad Sahraoui. At the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Benchabla won the silver medal after losing in the final to Ramadan Yasser of Egypt.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Benchabla qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after beating Bastir Samir of Ghana at the AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament 2008 in Algiers, Algeria.^[2] he beat Mourad Sahraoui of Tunisia in the final. At the Olympics he won the rematch with Kassel but lost 7:12 to eventual winner Zhang Xiaoping.^[3]^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, Benchabla won silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy, after losing in the light heavyweight final to Bosko Draskovic of Montenegro.^[4]

On May 28, 2011, Benchabla qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after beating Ludovic Groguhe of France in the World Series of Boxing light heavyweight final in Guiyang, China.^[5]

At the 2012 Olympics (results) he beat German Enrico Kölling 12-9 then lost to Ukrainian Oleksandr Hvozdyk 17-19, with a controversial two points penalty in the last 5 seconds of the 3rd round.^[6]

Olympic Games
Preceded by Salim Iles	Flagbearer for Algeria London 2012	Succeeded by Incumbent

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