Youness Baalla
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| Born | 25 April 1999 Casablanca, Morocco[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
Youness Baalla (born 25 April 1999) is a Moroccan boxer.[2] He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
Career[edit]
Baalla won the silver medal at the 2019 All-African Games in Rabat in the heavyweight category.[4] He qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics via the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar in March 2020.[1]
Baalla was disqualified at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after trying to bite his opponent David Nyika's ear in round 16 of the -91 kg event.[5][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Boxing: BAALLA Youness". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Youness Baalla". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Boxing: Men's Heavy (81-91kg)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Arryadia - Jeux Africains 2019/Boxe: Baalla Youness se contente de la médaille d'argent de la catégorie lourd (91 kg)". arryadia.snrt.ma. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Le marocain Youness Baalla se prend pour Mike Tyson et tente de mordre son adversaire lors des JO de Tokyo". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ à 06h06, Par Victor Cousin Le 28 juillet 2021 (28 July 2021). "JO de Tokyo : le boxeur marocain Youness Baalla se prend pour Mike Tyson et essaie de mordre son adversaire". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "JO : Un boxeur marocain imite Mike Tyson et tente de mordre son adversaire en plein combat". LEFIGARO (in French). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
External links[edit]
- Boxing record for Youness Baalla from BoxRec (registration required)
- Youness Baalla at Olympedia
- Youness Baalla at Olympics.com
- Youness Baalla at the Comité National Olympique Marocain (in French)
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