Kamel Abboud

Kamel Abboud
Personal information
Nationality Algerian
Born (1961-09-30) 30 September 1961
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing

Kamel Abboud (born 30 September 1961)[1] is an Algerian boxer. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in the men's welterweight division.[2] He tied for ninth place with seven other competitors.[3]

Early life

Kamel trained at the Béjaïa boxing school, considered to be the best at the national level at the time he was training.[4]

Significant Competitions

He won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1979 African Boxing Championship.

He competed in the welterweight division at the 1981 CISM Championships held at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He lost to Tim Christensen (USA) in the quarter-finals.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Kamel Abboud". Olympics | Games, Medals, Results, News | IOC. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Kamel Aboud Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games | Men's Welterweight". SportReference.com. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kamel Abboud and Aziz Khouchene, pride of Bougiotes". La Dépêche de Kabylie. June 4, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "CISM Championships". Amateur Boxing. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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