Mehdi Khalsi

Mehdi Khalsi
Data
Birth Name	Mehdi Khalsi
Weight class	Welterweight
nationality	Morocco
birthday	June 6, 1986

Mehdi Khalsi (* 6 June 1986 ) is a Moroccan boxer in the welterweight division . He was a participant in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games .

Career

Khalsis first international tournament was the African Olympic qualifying tournament in 2008, where he for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing qualified. At the Olympic Games, however, he was eliminated in the first fight against Dilshod Mahmudov , Uzbekistan (11: 3).

At the championships of the Mediterranean countries in the following year, Khalsi reached the final, which he lost to Onder Sipal , Turkey (6-0), and thus won the silver medal. His first participation in the World Championships in the same year was less successful , as he had to admit defeat in the first fight against Mike Zewski, Canada (10: 2).

It wasn't until 2011 that Khalsi took part again in an international championship, the African Championships, but failed here in the quarter-finals to Amor Bahri, Tunisia (18: 8), and his participation in the 2011 World Championships was not crowned with success either, as he was after a victory via Dossou Houenou, Benin (29: 8), in the preliminary round to Alexis Vastine , France (18: 7), failed. The competition year got a conciliatory end for Khalsi, as he won the Pan-Arab Games with a final victory over Hossam Bakr Abdin, Egypt (+9: 9).

In order to achieve the qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games, which he had missed at the 2011 World Championships , Khalsi took part in the African Olympic qualification tournament in Casablanca , and was able to do so after victories a. a. win over Seleman Kidunda , Tanzania , Ilyas Abbadi , Algeria (7: 6), and in the final against Mohamed Diaby , Mali (13: 9), and thus secure a quota place at the Olympic Games.

At the Olympic Games in London , as in 2008, Khalsi was eliminated in the first fight, albeit narrowly. His opponent this time was the Japanese Yasuhiro Suzuki (14:13).

Web links

• Mehdi Khalsi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )