Said Rachidi
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Said Rachidi is a boxer from Morocco
best known to compete at the Olympics 2008 at middleweight.
in Chicago, though, where he reached the quarterfinal to qualify for the Olympics. He lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev
. At the PanArab Games he defeated Abdelhafid Benchebla
but was edged out in the final by Mohammed Hikal. At the 2008 Olympics he lost again to Artayev.
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
best known to compete at the Olympics 2008 at middleweight.
Career
At the Arab Championships Rachidi was edged out by Wahid Abderredha of Iraq, and he did not compete at all in the All African Games. He was successful at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The championships were originally awarded to Moscow...
in Chicago, though, where he reached the quarterfinal to qualify for the Olympics. He lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev
Bakhtiyar Artayev
Bakhtiyar Karipullauly Artayev is a Kazakh boxer who won the only Gold medal for Kazakhstan in the men's welterweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also the Winner of the Val Barker Trophy for the outstanding boxer of the 2004 Olympics Games...
. At the PanArab Games he defeated Abdelhafid Benchebla
Abdelhafid Benchebla
Abdelhafid Benchabla is an Algerian boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and is the current World Series of Boxing Light heavyweight champion.-Career:...
but was edged out in the final by Mohammed Hikal. At the 2008 Olympics he lost again to Artayev.