Abdullah Al-Izani

Abdullah Al-Izani

Personal information
Born	(1968-10-01) 1 October 1968 (age 56)
Sport
Country	Yemen
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling

Abdullah Alizani (also "Abdallah" and "Al-Izani"; عبد الله العزاني; born October 1, 1968) is a wrestler from the Yemen Arab Republic.[1][2]

Alizani lost in both his first and second rounds at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Men's Light-Flyweight (48 kg), Greco-Roman matches, and was eliminated.[3][4][5][6][1] He also competed internationally for Yemen at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[7]

Career

Al-Izani competed in the Greco-Roman 48kg contest at the 1996 Summer Olympics, heldin Atlanta, Georgia, United States, he had two fights but lost them both due to grand superiority, they were against Bratan Tsenov from Bulgaria[8] and Tahir Zahidov from Azerbaijan.[9]

References

1. "Abdullah Al-Izani Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
2. "Abdallah AL IZANI - Olympic Wrestling Greco-Roman". olympic.org. 15 June 2016.
3. George Solomon (19 September 1988). "ATHLETES' AMMUNITION ELUDES SECURITY NET". The Washington Post.
4. "Hoosier State Chronicles". Jewish Post. 26 October 1988.
5. "Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois · Page 14". 19 September 1988.
6. "Olympic Results; NEWLN: At Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 19". UPI. 18 September 1988.
7. "Abdullah Al-Izani, bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
8. "Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman Round One Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
9. "Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman Classification Round Two". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

External links

• Abullah Alizani at Olympics.com
• Abullah Alizani at Olympedia