Mohamed El Assri (Arabic: محمد العسري; born August 28, 1975) is a Moroccan judoka, who played for the middleweight category.[1] He won a total of five medals (one silver and four bronze) for his division at the African Judo Championships (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2011).[2] He also captured a silver medal in the 66 kg class at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy, losing out to Greece's Ilias Iliadis.[3]
El Assri represented Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's middleweight class (90 kg). He lost his first preliminary match by a yuko and a deashi harai (advanced foot sweep) to Algeria's Amar Benikhlef.[4] Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, El Assri offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Spain's David Alarza in the repechage rounds. He finished only in ninth place, after losing out the second repechage bout to Switzerland's Sergei Aschwanden, who successfully scored a koka and a go-outside-contest-area technique (P16), at the end of the five-minute period.[5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mohamed El Assri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ Abbar, Rachid (5 July 2009). "Judo : duel entre le maroc et l'Algérie" [Judo: Duel between Morocco and Algeria] (in French). Maghress. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Mediterranean Games good warm up for the worlds". European Judo Union. 5 July 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Middleweight (90kg/198 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Middleweight (90kg/198 lbs) Repechage". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
External links
- Mohamed El Assri at JudoInside.com
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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