Yahia El-Mekachari

Yahia El-Mekachari (born February 7, 1990, in Gafsa) is a Tunisian light heavyweight amateur boxer who competed at the 2012 Olympics.

At the All-Africa Games 2011 he lost to eventual winner Abdelhafid Benchebla 7:14.[1] but won the 2011 African Championships and the 2011 Pan-Arab Games.[2][3]

He won the 2012 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament to qualify for the 2012 Olympics.[4] At the Olympics he defeated veteran Jakhon Qurbonov 16:8 but lost to Elshod Rasulov 6:13 in the second round.[5]

References

1. Results
2. Results A.Games
3. "12.Pan Arab Games - Doha, Qatar - December 14-20 2011". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
4. "African Olympic Qualifier - Casablanca, Morocco - April 28 - May 5 2012". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
5. "Yahia El-Mekachari Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-03-02.