- Tahar Tamsamani
Tahar Tamsamani (born
September 10 ,1980 ) is a boxer fromMorocco , who participated in three Olympic tournaments. He was born inMarrakech .Career
In 2000, when
Sydney hosted the Summer Olympics, Tamsamani won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight (57 kg) division, after falling in the semi finals toKazakhstan 'sBekzat Sattarkhanov .At the 2004 Summer Olympics where he also started for his native
North Africa n country he was defeated in the first round of the Lightweight (60 kg) division byUganda 'sSam Rukundo .At the 2008 Olympic qualifier he lost to
Hamza Kramou but won the third place bout and therefore qualified for his third Olympics. In Beijing he lost toDomenico Valentino .Olympic Results
2000
*1st round bye
*DefeatedPark Heung-min (South Korea) 21-14
*DefeatedIsrael Héctor Perez (Argentina) 21-18
*Lost toBekzat Sattarkhanov (Kazakhstan) 10-222004
*Lost toSam Rukundo (Uganda) 22-302008
*Lost toDomenico Valentino 5-14External links
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AfricanOlyQual2008_1.html Qualifier]
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