Thirty-six Olympic berths were secured by 10 different nations this past weekend at the African and Oceania Olympic Qualifier in Hammamet, Tunisia. Wrestlers who finished in the top two in their respective weight categories qualified their nations for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Host nation Tunisia secured the most Olympic berths with 10 across the three styles. Algeria qualified eight weight categories, while Egypt qualified seven.
RESULTS
Greco-Roman
60kg
GOLD – Haithem MAHMOUD (EGY) df. Abdelkarim FERGAT (ALG), 10-3
BRONZE – Fouad FAJARI (MAR) df. Mehdi JOUINI (TUN), 8-0
67kg
GOLD – Souleymen NASR (TUN)
SILVER – Abdelmalek MERABET (ALG)
BRONZE – Gert COETZEE (RSA)
77kg
GOLD – Lamjed MAAFI (TUN) df. Zied AIT OUAGRAM (MAR), 3-3
BRONZE – Wael ABDELRAHMAN (EGY) df. Abd Elkrim OUAKALI (ALG), 8-4
87kg
GOLD – Mohamed METWALLY (EGY) df. Bachir SID AZARA (ALG), via injury default
BRONZE – Mohamed MISSAOUI (TUN) df. Edward LESSING (RSA), via fall
97kg
GOLD – Adem BOUDJEMLINE (ALG)
SILVER – Haikel ACHOURI (TUN)
BRONZE – Mohamed Ali Elsayed GABR (EGY)
130kg
GOLD – Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY)
SILVER – Amine GUENNICHI (TUN)
BRONZE – Hichem KOUCHIT (ALG)
Women’s wrestling
50kg
GOLD – Sarra HAMDI (TUN)
SILVER – SAdijat Avorshai IDRIS (NGR)
BRONZE – Nada MOHAMED (EGY)
53kg
GOLD – Joseph ESSOMBE (CMR) df. Rckaela AQUINO (GUM), 10-0
BRONZE – Siwar LOUATI BEN ALI (TUN) df. Elisa RASOANANTENAINA (MAD), via fall
BRONZE – Bose SAMUEL (NGR) df. Lamia CHEMLAL (ALG), 10-0
57kg
GOLD – Siwar BOUSETA (TUN) df. Fatoumata CAMARA (GUI), 9-3
BRONZE – Rayane HOUFAF (ALG) df. Eman EBRAHIM (EGY), via inj. def.
62kg
GOLD – Marwa AMRI (TUN)
SILVER – Aminat ADENIYI (NGR)
BRONZE – Berthe ETANE NGOLLE (CMR)
68kg
GOLD – Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR)
SILVER – Enas AHMED (EGY)
BRONZE – Khadija JLASSI (TUN)
76kg
GOLD – Samar HAMZA (EGY)
SILVER – Zaineb SGHAIER (TUN)
BRONZE – Amy YOUIN (CIV)
Freestyle
57kg
GOLD: Diamantino IUNA FAFE (GBS) df Abdelhak KHERBACHE (ALG), via fall
BRONZE: Kossai AJIMI (TUN) df Junjun ASEBIAS (FSM), 2-0
BRONZE: Chakir ANSARI (MAR) df Gamal Abdelnaser Hanafy MOHAMED (EGY), 16-14
65kg
GOLD: Adama DIATTA (SEN) df Haithem DAKHLAOUI (TUN), 1-1
BRONZE: Reynhardt LOUW (RSA) df Aime Mbolalalaina Joel RAKOTONIAINA (MAD), 11-0
BRONZE: Fathi Tarek Fathi Attia ISMAIL (EGY) df Mostafa REZAEIFAR (AUS), 10-4
74kg
GOLD: Amr Reda Ramadan HUSSEN (EGY) df Augusto MIDANA (GBS), 10-0
BRONZE: Ayoub BARRAJ (TUN) df Ishak BOUKHORS (ALG), via fall
BRONZE: Ogbonna Emmanuel JOHN (NGR) df Elias Lauofo VAOIFI (ASA), 6-2
86kg
GOLD: Ekerekeme AGIOMOR (NGR) df Fateh BENFERDJALLAH (ALG), 7-6
BRONZE: Khaled Masoud Ismail ELMOATAMADAWI (EGY) df Bedopassa Buassat DJONDE (GBS), 7-0
BRONZE: Maher GHANMI (TUN) df Jayden Alexander LAWRENCE (AUS), 10-0
97kg
GOLD: Mohamed SAADAOUI (TUN) df Mohammed FARDJ (ALG), via VIN
BRONZE: Martin ERASMUS (RSA) df Soso TAMARAU (NGR), via fall
BRONZE: Hosam Mohamed Mostafa MERGHANY (EGY) df Thomas John Mcglinchey BARNS (AUS), 6-4
125kg
GOLD: Diaaeldin Kamal Gouda ABDELMOTTALEB (EGY)
SILVER: Djahid BERRAHAL (ALG)
BRONZE: Abdelmoneim ADOULI (TUN)
4th: Johannes Jacobus KRIEL (RSA)
Source: www.uww.org
