Cherif Younousse
Cherif Younousse 
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| 2017 at the World Cup in Vienna | |
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| birthday | May 22, 1995 |
| place of birth | Dakar, Senegal |
| size | 1.96 m |
| partner | 2014, since 2017 Ahmed Tijan 2015–2017 Jefferson Santos Pereira |
| World ranking | Position 8 |
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| 2015 - Fifth World Cup 2016 - Winner FIVB Open Kisch 2016 - Olympic Ninth 2017 - World Cup ninth 2018 - Third FIVB 4-Star Doha 2018 - Third FIVB 5-Star Vienna 2018 - Winner Asian Games |
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| (As of March 19, 2019) | |
Cherif Younousse (born May 22, 1995 in Dakar ) is a Qatari beach volleyball player of Senegalese origin.
Career
Cherif took part in the U21 World Cup in Larnaka with Ahmed Tijan in 2014 and also completed his first tournament on the FIVB World Tour at the Doha Open . In 2015 he formed a new duo with the Brazilian native Jefferson Santos Pereira . After the first joint open tournaments in Fuzhou and Lucerne , Jefferson / Cherif took part in the 2015 World Cup in the Netherlands. There they came in third in the group in the knockout round and made it to the quarter-finals. They then played at the Grand Slam in Olsztyn and the Xiamen Open, before taking part in the first-ever open tournament in Qatar. In early 2016 they won the Kisch Open. At the Grand Slam in Rio de Janeiro and three open tournaments, they each took 25th place. They finished the Asian Championship in fifth place. At the Continental Cup of the AVC , Jefferson / Cherif prevailed against the competitors from Asia and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio . Here they reached the second round in group, in which they were eliminated against the Russians Semjonow / Krassilnikow . At the 2017 World Championships in Vienna , Jefferson / Cherif finished ninth. Since October 2017, Cherif starts again with Ahmed Tijan. On the World Tour 2018 , the Qataris reached third place in both the 4-star tournament in Doha and the 5-star tournament in Vienna. Cherif / Ahmed Tijan won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Indonesia in 2018 .
Web links
- Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
- Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
- Portrait Cherif / Ahmed Tijan 2018 at the FIVB
Individual evidence
- ↑ FIVB world rankings (as of March 18, 2019)
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| SURNAME | Younousse, Cherif |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Qatari beach volleyball player of Senegalese origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1995 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dakar , Senegal |