Hassane Azzoun

Hassane Azzoun
Personal information
Nationality  Algeria
Born (1979-09-28) 28 September 1979
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) 100 kg

Hassane Azzoun (Arabic: حسان عزوننير بن أمادي; born September 28, 1979) is an Algerian judoka, who played for the half-heavyweight category.[1] He is a six-time medalist at the African Judo Championships, and also, a bronze medalist for his division at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers.

At age twenty-nine, Azzoun made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-heavyweight class (100 kg). He lost his first preliminary match by an ippon and a sode tsurikomi goshi (sleeve lifting and pulling hip throw) to Azerbaijan's Movlud Miraliyev.[2] Because his opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Azzoun offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. He was defeated in his first match by Georgia's Levan Zhorzholiani, who successfully scored an ippon and a kuzure kami shiho gatame (seven mat holds), at three minutes and fifty-four seconds.[3]

References

  1. "Hassane Azzoun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. "Men's Half Heavyweight (100kg/220 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  3. "Men's Half Heavyweight (100kg/220 lbs) Repechage". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 December 2012.


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