Hocine Soltani

Hocine Soltani
Data
Birth Name	Hocine Soltani
Weight class	Light welterweight
nationality	Algeria Algeria
birthday	December 27, 1972
place of birth	Algeria Thénia
Date of death	March 1, 2002
Place of death	France Marseille
style	Legal display
size	1.73 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	4th
Victories	4th
Knockout victories	2
Defeats	0

Hocine Soltani medal table
boxer
Algeria Algeria
Olympic games
gold	1996	lightweight
bronze	1992	Featherweight
World championships
bronze	1991	Featherweight
Africa Games
gold	1991	Featherweight
African Championships
gold	1994	lightweight
Mediterranean Games
silver	1993	lightweight

Hocine Soltani ( Arabic حسين سلطاني, DMG Ḥusain Sulṭānī ; * December 27, 1972 in Thénia , Algeria; † March 1, 2002 in Marseille , France) was an Algerian boxer. His greatest success was winning the gold medal in the lightweight at the 1996 Olympic Games, which made him the only Algerian boxing Olympic champion to date.

Amateur career

Hocine Soltani won the flyweight Italia Junior Tournament 1989 in Italy and the Balaton Cup 1990 in Hungary . In 1991 he also won the featherweight division at the Trofeo Italia Tournament in Italy and at the African Games in Egypt .

He then started at the 1991 World Championships in Australia , where he was only eliminated in the semifinals with just 11:13 against Kirkor Kirkorow and won bronze in the featherweight division. With this success he was also qualified for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , where he also came to the semifinals through victories against Jorge Maglione, Carlos Gerena and Victoriano Sosa and was eliminated there against Andreas Tews with a bronze medal in the featherweight division.

At the World Championships in Finland in 1993 he lost the fight for entry into the medal ranks against Vasile Nistor , but won the silver medal in the lightweight at the Mediterranean Games in France that same year .

In 1994 he won the Golden Belt Tournament in Romania , the Presidents Cup in Indonesia and the African Championships in South Africa . At the 1994 World Cup in Thailand , he was eliminated in the quarterfinals just 9:12 against Julio González.

In 1995 he was defeated at the World Championships in Germany in the first fight against Bolat Nijasymbetow , but won a place in the African qualification for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . There he won against Vahdettin İşsever , Agnaldo Nunes, Shin Eun-chul, Leonard Doroftei and Tontscho Tontschew and thus won the Olympic gold medal in the lightweight.

Professional career

Soltani played four professional fights between November 30, 1998 and January 27, 2000, in which he remained undefeated. He boxed three times in France and one time in Algeria. In his last fight he defeated Fabrice Colombel, later French champion and IBF intercontinental champion.

After boxing / family

Hocine Soltani lived in Marseille with his wife and child and worked in the import / export of motor vehicles. His brother Omar was coach of the Algerian national boxing team for 18 years until 2005. His nephew Mebarek Soltani boxed for Algeria at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004. His son Sid Ali Sofiane became a member of the French national boxing team for juniors.

death

On March 1, 2002, he wanted to meet a man to prepare the transfer of two vehicles to Algeria. He has been missing since then. His body was only found by the French police in September 2004 and identified using a DNA test. He was buried in Boudouaou, in the west of the Algerian province of Boumerdes . The man he planned to meet on the day he disappeared was sentenced to eight years in prison in May 2005 for kidnapping and kidnapping. The background to the crime remained unclear.

Web links

Hocine Soltani in the BoxRec database
Hocine Soltani in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Soltani, Hocine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Algerian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 27, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Thénia , Algeria
DATE OF DEATH	March 1, 2002
Place of death	near Marseille , France

[1] Hocine Soltani, Olympic.org

[2] Italia Junior Tournament 1989

[3] Balaton Cup 1990

[4] Trofeo Italia Tournament 1991

[5] Africa Games 1991

[6] World Championships 1991

[7] 1992 Olympic Games

[8] World Championships 1993

[9] Mediterranean Games 1993

[10] Golden Belt Tournament 1994

[11] Presidents Cup 1994

[12] African Championships 1994

[13] World Cup 1994

[14] World Championships 1995

[15] African Olympic Qualification 1996

[16] 1996 Olympic Games

[17] Hocine Soltani, BoxRec

[18] Hocine Soltani, un conte de fée brutalement stoppé

[19] Boxes: plus de 50 boxers pour rendre homage to Hocine Soltani