Mohamed Zaoui
Encyclopedia
Mohamed Zaoui is a boxer
from Algeria
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in Los Angeles
. He shared the podium with Puerto Rico
's Arístides González
.
Although he offered his Olympic medal to the National Olympic Museum, he never received the Olympic bonus he should have gotten as all medalists do.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
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Career
Zaoui won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division (71–75 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. He shared the podium with Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
's Arístides González
Aristides González
Ariestides González Ortíz is a boxer from Puerto Rico, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He shared the podium with Algeria's Mohamed Zaoui...
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Although he offered his Olympic medal to the National Olympic Museum, he never received the Olympic bonus he should have gotten as all medalists do.